The motion is that the committee report the following to the House at the earliest opportunity:
A carbon tax is a trick. It will raise the price of everything, including food, electricity, home heating, and gas at the pumps. It will devastate young families, seniors, and people on a fixed income; destroy jobs; and in this time of global economic uncertainty it will have a negative impact on Canada's traditional industries, like forestry, and will eliminate jobs. The committee recommends, therefore, that the federal government reject any plans for new carbon taxes.
Mr. Chair, I am more than willing to amend it to eliminate a lot of the more flowery language in the centre. I would be more than willing if the committee would see fit to amend it so that it says that the committee report the following to the House at the earliest opportunity—