Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, Canadians are outraged, dismayed and worried. They are outraged in all parts of the country, even in Windsor, Ontario. The Windsor Star wrote today: A carbon tax will penalize low-income earners, rural Canadians and suburban commuters...and it will negatively

Business of Supply  I know the member from Scarborough wants to change his mind on the carbon tax, but as far as I know, it is still their policy. That is where they want to take our country: higher taxes, higher spending, deficits, accumulated debt. We are going just the opposite way

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, I thank the minister for that announcement and I know it will mean a lot to my riding. In order to give him some time answer this last question I will keep it short. We have all heard about the Liberal Party and its leader's plan on the regressive and massive carbon

Business of Supply   not believe in raising taxes, especially a new, massive, punitive, permanent carbon tax, a new punitive tax on gasoline. We do not believe in doing that and we do not believe in spending recklessly like the Liberals did with their three budgets in their last year in office. We certainly

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, I will tell the member who had it backward. In 2004-05 the previous government increased spending by 14.8%. I will tell the member who has it backward: the party opposite us in the House that thinks it is a good economic stimulus to bring in a carbon tax on poor

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, I know Premier McGuinty's little brother is upset about the carbon tax. I know his big brother is against the carbon tax and I know that the member for Ottawa South is in favour of it. He is chirping about--

House debate  Mr. Speaker, if we are going to talk about manufacturing, then we need to question what could be one of the most devastating, punitive taxes that could ravage the sector. The carbon tax would create a huge disadvantage for Ontario's manufacturing sector when it is least able

House debate  , “There is no better evidence than the federal budget's creation of an Automotive Innovation Fund”. That is just a small sample of what we have done to assist the manufacturing sector. Now let us look at what the official opposition is proposing to help the manufacturing sector: a new carbon tax

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Chair. I am raising a real concern I have on the carbon tax being proposed by the Liberals that Francis was asking about. This government firmly believes in the polluter-pay principle. We've heard that from the Prime Minister and the minister. Our plan

Environment committee   of 20% by 2020. We're counting on Ontario to be honourable with those dollars that have been entrusted to them to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The other point raised by Mr. Scarpaleggia was on the Liberal carbon tax. He was trying to justify a $62-billion tax—a tax on gasoline

Environment committee   protect his economy from a massive carbon tax plan from the opposition. Mr. Shugart, you mentioned very briefly the natural areas conservation program, which is a very significant program with respect to habitat preservation. You mentioned the purchase of some lands in Saskatchewan

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, the Liberal leader repeatedly said he was against a federal carbon tax, but in true Liberal fashion he flip-flopped. He now thinks it is a good idea to punish Canadians through higher prices at the pumps, on their home heating bills, and even at the grocery store

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, we are sure hearing a lot from Canadians about the Liberals' proposed new regressive tax on carbon, along with their plan to hike the GST. We hear a lot about that as well. Carbon tax and GST go after people who are poor, go after people on fixed incomes, go after

Carbon Tax Proposal   against Canadians so far, the Liberals have launched their carbon tax plan, effectively discriminating against Canadians, the most vulnerable industries and citizens in Canada. If the Liberals ever get to implement their plan, we may as well say goodbye to our lumber industry and so

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, I wonder if I could ask the Minister of Finance a serious question about the carbon tax that the Liberals are intending to impose upon Canadians. I am very concerned, and people in my riding are very concerned, that it will never be revenue neutral, especially