Mr. Speaker, last fall the government introduced the home energy rebate to help Canadians with the costs of energy that were increasing.
The opposition party asked us to cut the excise tax. We want to do anything we can for Canadians, but we want to make sure it benefits Canadians and not oil producers.
A cent and a half in the excise tax at the pump could change in an afternoon by a similar amount. We have no assurance that decrease would go to Canadians, which is where we want the benefit to go.