Mr. Speaker, the member opposite might not understand that B.C. has a carbon tax, and it is revenue neutral, so B.C. actually returns the revenues to its citizens.
The energy companies are actually with us. Let me quote from Suncor CEO Steve Williams:
We think climate change is happening. We think a broad-based carbon price is the right answer.
CEO of Dutch Shell, Total, and four other major energy companies:
We firmly believe that carbon pricing will discourage high carbon options.... We now need governments around the world to provide us with this framework....