Mr. Speaker, what helps them afford new technologies and innovations is not crippling them with the carbon tax.
Let us be clear. The Parliamentary Budget Officer said that not only does the carbon tax not reduce emissions—surprise, surprise—it is not revenue-neutral either. What is happening is the Liberal rebate will give farmers pennies on the dollar compared to what they pay. This is devastating to Canadian farmers. The Liberal-NDP carbon tax coalition is going to take millions of dollars out of the pockets of farmers and agri-food businesses.
Will the agriculture minister listen to farmers and oppose any increase in the carbon tax on April 1?