Madam Speaker, one in five Canadians lives in energy poverty, paying more than 6% of their income on home heating. They cannot afford the upfront costs of a home retrofit rebate program or take on more debt in the form of retrofit loans, yet that is what the government is offering. The Liberals could have created a no-cost, turnkey, low-income program just like the 2004 Jack Layton plan or the U.S. weatherization assistance program.
Why will the Liberals not use the billions of dollars that subsidize the oil and gas industry to help low-income Canadians?