As I said, I will talk about unity, and I will talk.... I'm given parliamentary privilege on behalf of the people of Northumberland—Peterborough South, who voted for me, not you, Mr. Chair, and not the members of the Liberal party. In fact, I replaced a Liberal member because they were sick and tired of this government. We will continue to talk about the impact of the carbon tax.
I know that Liberal members don't want to talk about the impact of the carbon tax, but fortunately, through the incredible democracy that Canada still possesses, I have the right to talk. Therefore, I will continue to use my parliamentary privilege to talk about the national unity crisis caused by this government and about the impact of the carbon tax.
As I was saying, the carbon tax exemption applies to only 3% of Canadians. We heard from the Governor of the Bank of Canada that fully 16% of inflation—or one-third of the inflation over the target—is directly attributable to the carbon tax.
We have a government that's acknowledged that the carbon tax is driving up the cost of living and that it's not the most effective way to reduce emissions. In fact, for Atlantic Canada, the government has done a reversal and said that we need to invest in technology, not taxes. Well, who else said that? Oh, I think that was the leader of the official opposition.
The government has said that we need to invest in heat pumps, which are a form of technology. We need to remove the carbon tax. We need to remove the carbon tax in order to allow people to make the investments that they need to in order to be cleaner and to reduce emissions.
I believe in the Canadian people, and I believe that when they're given the capital they need to make the right decisions and are not put under the gun of an affordability crisis, they will invest in the technology and make the investments that they need to in their houses and in their cars and otherwise to improve the level of emissions.
Do you know who else agrees with me? It's the Prime Minister of Canada, because he just said that. He said that we need to remove the carbon tax on Atlantic Canadians so that they can invest in technology. Once again, that sounds really familiar—