I don't want to be rude, but I hope I'm not hearing that the government is going to go in the hole, increasingly going into deficit spending, so they can pay Canadians more in a rebate than what they are paying in a price on carbon.
I don't think that's what you said, because it wouldn't make sense to pay people more than what the government is collecting in taxes. There has to be a balance. Canadians are willing to pay their fair share, but Canadians in general....
This Parliament dealt with a bill, Bill C-342, and they said we shouldn't be charging a tax on a tax. In principle, they saw that as being very unfair. They said to just make the carbon tax GST-exempt. Unfortunately, Parliament said no.
What we're coming up with appears to be very confusing and hard to explain. However, the average Canadian who fills up their car is going to be paying more, and you're hoping they are going to get rebated. I think $12.50 a month is not going to adequately cover the cost of heating their home and filling up their car.
In the limited time I have, I would like to ask about Volkswagen. Volkswagen has pleaded guilty on deceiving. They said they were fined $14.7 billion in the United States. They were fined in Europe—