Rick Perkins at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On February 27th, 2024. See this statement in context.

February 27th, 2024 / 12:45 p.m.

Conservative

Rick Perkins Conservative South Shore—St. Margarets, NS

You've had zero impact on that part of the business. You've had zero impact on the retail side of the business. For retailers, transportation is one of the biggest costs—transportation and energy in the stores.

Can you tell me how putting two carbon taxes on the fuel—which causes the transport costs to go up, which I, as a retailer, have to to pass on to consumers—actually lowers grocery prices?

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