Mr. Speaker, I specifically asked the member to answer the three questions I had put to him. Not surprisingly, he has not done so.
The question was, why was an economic impact analysis not done before the Prime Minister announced the massive carbon tax on Canadians?
Here are some more questions for the member—and I do not expect answers, because these have not been forthcoming from the Liberal government.
First, has the government not taken note of the election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States? Mr. Trump has promised that he will not be imposing any carbon pricing on the United States. In fact, he has said that he is going to reduce taxes on American companies down to 15%.
In Canada, we are raising taxes on Canadian businesses. In the United States, they are actually reducing taxes on businesses. Therefore, where is investment going to flow? It is going to flow into the United States. Have the minister and parliamentary secretary taken that into account?
How does the Liberal government expect Canadian companies, small businesses, to compete on such a tilted playing field against Canadians businesses?
How does the parliamentary secretary square the Prime Minister's promise to create millions of jobs when he is undermining the ability of the business sector to create those very jobs?