Mr. Speaker, I always enjoy questions from my hon. colleague across the floor. Only a Liberal would argue that by cutting taxes, they are going to increase costs on Canadians. It is absolutely preposterous.
When we are talking about Australia, we should note that in Australia the vast majority of coal used in there is metallurgical coal, which is used in steelmaking, which is shipped to China. We are not talking about coal from coal-fired power plants.
When the member talks about removing a carbon tax and increasing the cost of fuel for people in Australia, the evidence does not match up.
Australia, unlike Canada, is not a largely oil and gas producing country. It is a completely different economy, and it is captive to the countries from which it needs to import oil and gas. We should be looking at why those reasons are causing its increases, not transporting them to Canada and trying to say that raising taxes on Canadians is going to lower our cost of living.