Carbon Tax  Madam Speaker, especially in British Columbia and the North Okanagan-Shuswap, Canadians are seeing that, after nine years, the Prime Minister and his NDP-Liberal government are simply not worth the cost. Their April 1 carbon tax increase of 23% has seen gas prices push past

Carbon Pricing  . That bill was a private member's bill to remove the carbon tax from farmers so that the thousands of dollars in unrebated carbon taxes that every farmer pays will no longer have to be built into the price of food. During a crisis of food affordability and food inflation

Environment committee  It's not that long. It reads: Given that, a. On April 1st, the Liberal Government increased the consumer carbon tax by 23%; b. 70% of Canadians and 70% of Provincial Premiers are opposed to the latest carbon tax increase; and c. The NDP Premier of Manitoba recently

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Giroux, I have a few questions for you. You talked earlier about the effect of the carbon tax on the inflation rate. You said it might go down if the carbon tax were eliminated or it just might not go up as quickly. I think I've paraphrased you

Carbon Tax  Mr. Speaker, after eight years, the NDP-Liberal government simply is not worth the cost. On April 1, it raised the carbon tax by 23%. This hits farmers and our food industry particularly hard. Canadians understand that when farmers, truckers and processors pay thousands

Carbon Tax  Madam Speaker, after nine years of this NDP-Liberal government, Canadians are struggling to make ends meet. The Liberal April Fool's Day joke was a 23% carbon tax increase. April Fool's Day jokes are supposed to last one day, but this one continues, fuelling high inflation

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, on March 21, I questioned the government about the punitive carbon tax burden on Alberta families. According to the independent Parliamentary Budget Officer, the average family in Alberta will be hit with $2,943 in carbon taxes this year. In a completely out

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, it is not the opposition from the Conservatives that he needs to worry about. It is the Liberal Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador. He said, “On the carbon tax in particular, the prime minister has tried to bait me at times with certain ad hominems and name

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I was saying, there is clearly momentum and a groundswell of support to scrap the carbon tax once and for all. From Liberals to NDPers to Conservatives, there is now an emerging consensus that the Prime Minister's 23% carbon tax hike was wrong

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My point in all of this is that Conservatives are not alone. There are multiple people from multiple parties across Canada who now firmly disagree with the carbon tax. My Liberal colleagues and their environment minister clearly don't care what

Finance committee  Well, they speak for themselves. My association brings their data forward to you. Today, you're absolutely right. Eighty-two per cent of small businesses across Canada, from our most recent member touchpoint, oppose the retail carbon tax as it exists today. I will add

Finance committee  It is very good news that after five long years of waiting, small and medium-sized firms are going to see government make good on its commitments to rebate a small portion of carbon tax revenues to SMEs. We at CFIB estimate that businesses in general pay 40% of the cost

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, if the member is so confident in the carbon tax, I dare him to convince the Prime Minister to call an election. The increase caused panic and long lines at gas stations across Barrie—Innisfil last night. Costco was so busy that cars were lined up in live traffic

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, before the government came into power, road trips used to be a staple vacation for many Canadian families. However, gas prices in Ontario skyrocketed overnight, pushing $1.80. This is the highest price in two years. The Liberal-NDP Prime Minister's carbon tax

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, people in Ontario went into full panic mode last night, lining up to fill up because gas was going up to $1.80 a litre, the highest it has been in two years. Eighteen cents on every litre of gas is because of the NDP-Liberal Prime Minister's carbon tax. By the time