Madam Speaker, this is simply astonishing. The member just did it again. He suggested that there is a federal carbon tax in British Columbia. He said the provincial price on pollution in B.C., the provincial carbon tax, was widely regarded as a good measure, but then he said the federal one was driving up inflation. They are very similar. One cannot be good and effective while the other drives up inflation. What we have seen is a decline in inflation. Inflation is at 1.6%. We saw a 0.5% cut in interest rates just this week.
As the carbon tax has gone up in Canada, as it does every year, year after year, the Canada carbon rebate has also gone up. What we have seen is that eight out of 10 families get more money back through the Canada carbon rebate than they pay in the climate action incentive or the price on pollution. I would just remind Canadians and British Columbians that that does not apply in British Columbia because British Columbia has been pricing carbon for over a decade.