Peter Kent on The Environment

In the House of Commons on October 18th, 2012. See this statement in context.

The EnvironmentOral Questions

October 18th, 2012 / 2:55 p.m.

Conservative

Peter Kent Conservative Thornhill, ON

Mr. Speaker, as I was saying, the Liberals tried to talk climate change away and then campaigned on a $15 billion carbon tax.

Now the NDP would pick the pockets of Canadian taxpayers with a $21 billion carbon tax which would increase the price of everything.

Then there is our government's plan to responsibly regulate and actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions without disruption to our economy or imposing a heavy financial burden on Canadians.

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