Mr. Barlow, the shadow minister or critic for agriculture, has talked about the threatened income security of farmers, which is pertinent to the motion.
There is a chicken farmer in his riding whose carbon tax was $120,000 in 2022. It will be $180,000 in 2023. When the tax goes up to $170 per tonne, it will be $480,000 in carbon tax per year. What people also don't know is that there is a tax on a tax. It is absolutely asinine when you think about how these farmers, who give their blood, sweat and tears, are taxed on a tax.
There's also the mushroom farmer who we've seen making headlines in Carleton. He has a full breakdown of his costs that people can find online. It was $150,000 in carbon tax. That's carbon tax.
That's what we are fighting for here today, and that's what this motion is about when we talk about threatening the income security of farmers, which ultimately threatens—