Philip Lawrence on Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1

In the House of Commons on April 27th, 2023. See this statement in context.

Bill C-47 Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1Government Orders

April 27th, 2023 / 10:40 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

Madam Speaker, Tiff Macklem, in response to my question, wrote to the finance committee and said that half a percentage point of inflation was directly related to the carbon tax. That means that if we want to reduce inflation by 20% today, we can get rid of the carbon tax.

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