Thank you, Mr. Chair.
In the context of the Conservatives' only plan to address affordability, I did want to raise, once again, that the economic analysis of Canada's backstop carbon pricing system indicates that if the carbon tax were removed immediately, it would cost all lower-income and middle-income families $300 in 2024.
This affordability plan that the Conservatives are peddling, and have been for the last couple of years, would cost Canadians hundreds of dollars a year. It's no affordability plan. I would urge the Conservatives to bring forward some legitimate evidence that their “axe the tax” strategy would actually help Canadians, because every economist in Canada is telling them, clearly, that it would cost them hundreds of dollars a year.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.