As a person who, before entering elected office, spent 20 years in retail, I know a bit about what does push up the price, both at a retailer pace and then at how it's priced in. One of the things I know from that business is that when you actually put a tax on the production of that food product, which happens when it requires energy and other things to produce that product, the carbon tax increases that production cost. Then everything has to be shipped. One of the most expensive parts of selling things at retail is actually the transportation of the goods. When you increase the tax on fuel with a plan of up to 61 cents—to quadruple the carbon tax—that increases, obviously, food costs. All those things increase the price that the retailer has to pay, and then the retailer has to pay tax—obviously, the carbon tax—on the energy and other aspects of running their retail store network.
Doesn't that all compound and create higher food costs for people, which then cause financial stress?