Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for making several points on the issue but I want him to expand on the revenue that the federal government is receiving from this.
It is my understanding that the federal government does collect some $5 billion in revenue from taxation and returns a paltry $200 million back to the provincial government in transfers for road and highway improvements.
Does the member not agree that the gas pump is actually being used as a cash cow for the finance minister and that consumers are being milked by a callous government with this overtaxation?