Madam Speaker, I asked a question earlier about gas prices and I did not really get a good answer from the government.
I want to understand just whether the government thinks gas prices in an ideal world would be higher, lower or at the same level. I thought that one of the intentions of the government's policy around the carbon tax, around imposing a tax on things that produce carbon, was to intentionally increase the price of gas. I know that the member will tell me that we rebate portions of it. He might even say all of it, but that does not really answer the core question.
I would like to know this. Does the government wish to see gas prices be higher, lower or at the same level they are now?