Mr. Chair, again, I feel that the minister will have plenty of time. The committee will be fully briefed on the full modelling and analyses, which was requested and approved by this committee at Tuesday's meeting. I don't know whether or not, by that period, there will be agreement from the Prime Minister to hold a meeting with all of the premiers regarding their views on the carbon taxes, as agreed to by the House of Commons just last night. Perhaps we could even have it on the same day and have a fulsome understanding from the minister and departmental officials of exactly what the modelling indicates. We have seen contrary numbers come recently from independent organizations saying it could be, likely, under 10% of emissions reductions that could be stemming from the carbon tax. We have a lot of potentials and maybes coming from the department of it being one-third.
Again, to go back to the original information that was provided by ECCC—a document that was not written by ECCC and is not supposed to speak on behalf of Environment and Climate Change Canada or the minister about the modelling and the economic and emissions assumptions that have been used—I assume that members of all parties are willing to have the minister here. I know he's supposed to be coming on the main estimates. Obviously, that is on a much broader topic, but I think it's important to have the minister and his supporting officials here to speak directly to the data we will have received by then; to show us the numbers and economic considerations that have been taken by the department in terms of what this tax could be doing and is doing to Canadian businesses, families and farmers; and to put that against what emissions reductions we have seen over recent years and what is anticipated to be seen.
Ultimately, let Canadians decide transparently whether or not they think that paying the carbon tax on everything they buy in their day-to-day life is ultimately worth it and that the emissions that are supposed to be coming down are coming down. I encourage all my colleagues to quickly pass this motion and have the minister rightfully join this committee to help us understand where the 30% came from.