Madam Speaker, as I have said already, the federal carbon pollution pricing system is about recognizing that pollution has a cost. It is about empowering Canadians and driving innovation.
Including the fuel charge in the final amount of GST-HST for a good or service aligns with the long-standing approach to ensure that taxes apply evenly across goods and services consumed in Canada.
Furthermore, returning proceeds from carbon pollution pricing helps Canadians make more environmentally sustainable consumption choices, but does not change the incentive to pollute less. In fact, in the provinces where residents receive climate action incentive payments, most households receive more in payments than the total cost they face from the federal carbon pollution pricing system.