Mr. Speaker, I do not know any parliamentarian who would say that getting rid of tax is not a tax break. If we get rid of the carbon tax, then, yes, it is a tax break, because Canadians would not be paying the tax.
However, the numbers I quoted from Finance Canada, their own numbers from the Liberals own government department, said that the average Canadian farmer would get back about $800 a year when they pay $45,000 a year, on average. I can show the member bills from my constituents that are as high as $30,000 a month for a poultry operation just to heat their barns. That is the average.
These are his own numbers from his own government that clearly show that the carbon tax is disproportionately punishing on rural Canadians and Canadian farmers. If the member wants to argue that, he should talk to his own officials.