Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is in Ottawa today, so the question is for him.
He is panicked now and put a pause on the carbon tax for 3% of Canadians in ridings where his polls are plummeting and his MPs are revolting. Also revolting were the comments of the Liberal rural affairs minister, who stated that other Canadians would have had a pause in the pain if they had elected more Liberals. However, northern Ontarians did elect Liberals.
Will the Prime Minister allow a free vote for his northern MPs on our common-sense motion to keep the heat on and take the tax off?