Philip Lawrence at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On October 29th, 2024. See this statement in context.

October 29th, 2024 / 5:10 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

Thank you, Ms. MacKinnon.

I'll just break that down on a couple of issues that you raised.

First, I'll start off with the carbon tax. The quadrupling of the carbon tax would substantially increase the cost of fuel that would be used by boat owners. I would point out that 60% of boat owners actually earn less than $100,000. This is not the ultra-wealthy; this is the middle class.

Would the quadrupling of the carbon tax hurt or help your industry?

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