I could figure it out with my pencil if I had to. You can't answer what $8 billion more in debt would cost the taxpayer to service the debt. Someone must be able to answer that. No.
We were elected on April 28. Canadians expect us to carry out the platform we presented to everybody. For those reasons, I'm opposed to this amendment. We balanced everything out in our election platform so that we could be fiscally responsible. Look at the programs we would deliver through Bill C-4, with the GST tax credit, the removal of the consumer carbon pricing and the tax cut we're talking about that's benefiting 22 million Canadians.
All of these decisions we make on taxation have been fiscal choices, and we must remember that that's what they are. They were part of the total platform. To cherry-pick a deeper tax cut than the one the Conservatives had in their platform and build it into ours but not offset it with savings.... If we were to put this in, what are the savings? Are we going to cut health transfers to the provinces? Are we going to reduce the help we're investing in Build Canada Homes so that we can address the housing shortage? I don't know. Maybe we're going to stop any funding for climate transition and adaptation. Everything comes with a cost. We think we've done it fiscally responsibly.
In conclusion, if we don't give ourselves a little wiggle room and if we give a larger tax break, we're going to be in the position that, if we have a crisis like the one we're dealing with now with our southern neighbour, where we have to have responsive programs for unjustified tariffs, we won't have the ability to do that.
For those reasons, I can't support this amendment. I think Canadians know that by investing in infrastructure and projects across Canada, whether they be small or large, such as port renovations to improve our ability to export and an energy corridor to improve our ability to have electricity infrastructure in all regions of the country.... These are all things that Canadians supported the Liberal Party for in the election. For those reasons, I can't support this amendment.
Thank you, Madam Chair.