Business of Supply   carbon tax would kill tens of thousands of Canadian jobs and drive thousands of Canadians into poverty. Today we are talking about the very important pilot project to improve employment insurance. As the Prime Minister has said many times, Canada is an emerging energy superpower

Carbon Tax  Mr. Speaker, let me take a few moments to set the facts right and remind all Canadians what the NDP members opposite have said about their plans with respect to a job-killing carbon tax. The NDP leader said, of course, that he has “a cap-and-trade system that...will produce

New Democratic Party of Canada   the Leader of the Opposition and the NDP are proposing is increased spending and taxation. In fact, listed on page four of their party platform, in black and white, the Leader of the Opposition and his party want to impose a $20 billion job-killing carbon tax on the backs of hard-working

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, as winter approaches and temperatures begin to drop, Canadians in my riding up north and across the country are thankful that they are not subject to the NDP's massive carbon tax. The NDP's carbon tax scheme would drastically raise the price of electricity, causing

The Environment   on carbon”. Our Conservative government completely rejects the NDP policy of putting a price on carbon. The NDP policy is a job-killing carbon tax that would increase the price of everything, including gas, groceries and electricity. What is really dangerous about the comments from

Business of Supply   is talking about a carbon tax. Canadians need to know that. We know the NDP supports a carbon tax. We know that is what he means, but he will not just come out and say it. We need to understand, from testimony we have heard at the natural resources committee, that if a carbon tax

The Economy   former boss, Canada's Minister of Finance. However, I already do know that one thing our economic action plan would not do is hit Canadian families with an NDP job-killing $20 billion carbon tax that would increase the cost of gas, groceries, electricity and everything else

Business of Supply   destroy our future prosperity with a job-killing carbon tax. That is why economic action plan 2012 actively pursues new trade and investment opportunities, particularly with large, dynamic and fast-growing economies. Our government has already made Canada one of the most open

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, today the opposition House leader changed his story. Some might say that he misled Canadians by claiming the NDP leader would not impose a carbon tax that would raise the price of everything. However, earlier this year the opposition House leader championed the idea

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2  , with the NDP policies. We all know that the NDP wants to put in a $20-billion carbon tax. Right now, with the recovery kind of iffy and when we are not sure where we are going to be going, does the member think that in the economy right now Canadians can afford another hit such as is being

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2   in the pockets of Canadians where it belongs. Canadians take that money and spend it, and when they spend it, it creates jobs and economic activity. That is a good thing. We are not proposing a $21-billion carbon tax that would increase the cost of everything, as the NDP is. We are heading

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2   am concerned about the potential threats to the Canadian economy from within our own nation, such as the threats from the leader of the NDP. As if imposing a $20-billion carbon tax was not enough, the leader of the NDP has another multibillion-dollar tax hike he wants to impose

New Democratic Party of Canada   their homework when trying to take our dollars. In their last platform, written in black and white, they proposed a carbon tax that would generate revenues of over $20 billion. Canadians do not want a carbon tax that would raise the cost on everything they need to support their families

The Economy  . While we are focused on the economy and keeping taxes in the pockets of hard-working Canadians as much as possible, the opposition has a different plan in store. It would like to bring in a brand-new carbon tax. As listed on page 4 of his party platform in black in white, the Leader

The Environment   would be a $20 billion carbon tax. Let us take a look at what this would do to hard-working Canadian families. It would be a tax on electricity, a tax on transportation, a tax on heating their homes, a tax on clothes and groceries for their kids, and the list goes on. What we know