Mr. Speaker, the NDP members have been busy during their six-week break from Parliament scheming to implement a job-killing $21 billion carbon tax upon the people of Canada. The NDP's proposed carbon tax would kill jobs and raise the price of gas, groceries, electricity and everything else.
While the NDP has been concentrating on implementing its carbon tax, our Conservative government is focused on jobs, economic growth and long-term prosperity. In fact, Conservative MPs and cabinet ministers conducted over 200 meetings across Canada during the six weeks, focusing on jobs and economic growth so that we can build a budget for all Canadians. It should come as no surprise that Canada has the lowest debt burden of any country in the G7 and the top job creation record, with over 900,000 net new jobs created since July 2009.
People can count on our government to stand up against the NDP's job-killing $21 billion carbon tax.