I'm sorry, Mr. Chambers. Do you have something you want to say?
Chair, I believe I have the floor. Is that correct? I just want to be sure.
The other thing I would say is that with the carbon pricing scheme that's been put in place, provinces can choose to do something else if they want to. They can pick up the phone to call the Prime Minister if they so choose, so I don't know why the finance committee would get into micromanaging the Prime Minister's and premiers' schedules.
I would also point out that what's in the Conservative motion on this is not accurate. It says here under number three that in the meeting they address “plans for provinces to opt out of the federal carbon tax to pursue other ideas to lower emissions”. The provinces have had that option from the very beginning. The Conservatives are calling on something the Prime Minister put in place years ago when I was still in provincial office. That's how long ago that was. If the provinces want to have a different form of fighting climate change, they can do that. If they don't want to fight climate change, that's a problem for all of us and for future generations, and that's why it's so important that we have some sort of plan to fight climate change.
It sounds to me as though the Conservatives don't believe in fighting climate change, because even some of the premiers who have come forward to the OGGO committee, who the Conservatives invited to the OGGO committee, have said the current carbon pricing we have in place is the least costly approach. It sounds as though Conservatives are saying we shouldn't fight climate change. I think that's particularly insulting given some of the folks we have before us here today.
The last thing I would say is that I don't know what's happened to the Conservative Party of Canada. Even in the past these gentlemen who are here today—members of the Conservative caucus who are here at this committee—ran on a platform to put in place carbon pricing. The former Conservative prime minister, Stephen Harper, has even spoken about the value of carbon pricing. The former Conservative prime minister—our last Conservative prime minister—spoke about that. I don't know what's happened to the Conservative Party of Canada. They've completely parted ways with even the policies and the ideology of former prime minister Mr. Stephen Harper.
A recent example of that is how they've consistently voted against supporting Ukraine. They've consistently voted against free trade, against funding for military aid to Ukraine, against the funding required to support the Ukrainians who are here in Canada and who need our support, and the list goes on. We know why this is. There's a far-right MAGA movement, a pro-Putin wing of the Conservative Party.
Now we see them taking every possible action to delay actions that are good for businesses and for workers and to delay action on fighting climate change.
What has happened to the Conservative Party of Canada, Mr. Chair?
We'll be opposing this motion.