Mr. Chair, I'll continue.
As we all know, this carbon tax scam puts less back into Canadians' pockets than what they pay into the tax, which was proven by the PBO, the budget watchdog. It was again confirmed yesterday in committee that the indirect costs put less in Canadians' pockets. It also has done nothing to reduce emissions, and that was proven by the government's own environment department that said that they don't even track the emissions, so they don't even know if this is effective at all.
We know that Canadians are visiting food banks in record numbers, two million a month, to be exact. Second Harvest says that this year, there are going to be a million more on top of that who will visit a food bank in a single month. A third of those are children. There's a new phenomenon in Canada where double income-earning families are going to food banks more than ever before.
We have also heard that people have asked for medical assistance in dying just because they're hungry. There are 8,000 people in a Facebook group talking about dumpster diving because of the cost of food, the cost of gas and the cost of groceries and home heating. Seniors are have to turn down their heat and use blankets because they can't afford to eat and heat their homes or keep a roof over their heads.
After eight years of this government, they want to hike that tax by 23% on April 1.