She's saying that Canadians get back from the carbon tax more than they paid, but we know that that simply is not true. This is deliberate disinformation, Mr. Chair, from Liberal MPs at this committee. It's deliberate disinformation. It's very, very concerning. The Parliamentary Budget Officer put out a report that makes it very clear that Canadians pay more in the carbon tax than they get back. I would ask you to enforce the rules around truthful testimony at this committee.
There's one other thing, only because Mr. Blaikie raised this issue of how much the carbon tax contributes to inflation. Now, the bank governor was here saying it contributes 0.6% to inflation, but that will go up by 0.15% on April 1, because of the carbon tax increase, so the effect on inflation will be 0.6% plus 0.15%.
Now, the inflation rate is 3.9%, and just recently the Governor of the Bank of Canada said he was holding interest rates fast. I would love to ask him next time he's here—and I will ask him—if the carbon tax didn't exist, the inflation rate would have been, then, by his own numbers 3.3%. I think at 3.3% he would have reduced rates during the last economic policy report.
I'll leave that thought with the committee, Mr. Chair.
Thank you.