Thank you, Mr Chair.
I have to say, as a new MP, I do agree with Mr. Ste-Marie's comments that it's difficult to put their estimates into proper context without a budgetary plan, but I'll do the best I can.
Back in 2018, the Department of Finance put out a backgrounder called “Ensuring Transparency”. In it, it says, “The Government of Canada will not keep any direct proceeds from carbon pollution pricing”.
In the CRA departmental plan—I know they'll be here in about an hour, so we'll have a chance to ask them this as well—they say that there's basically a $3.7-billion transfer to CRA. Of that, roughly $3.4 billion is to fund the climate action incentive, which, they say, returns the majority of the direct proceeds from the fuel charge.
I'm wondering if someone could explain to me why one government department is saying that all of the direct proceeds are returned to Canadians, and another department is saying a majority of the direct proceeds are being returned to Canadians.