Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the parliamentary secretary for highlighting the fact that there has been a provincial election recently in British Columbia. He might not be aware that both parties said in their electioneering that if the federal government drops the carbon tax, they will too. There are different variations of it but, effectively, they are responding to calls from their constituents who do not like the federal carbon tax.
The provincial carbon tax arguably was accepted by most British Columbians, but the federal carbon tax backstop has been driving that tax to a level that is inflationary and that is unacceptable to British Columbians. Yes, I do know what I am talking about, and I also want to highlight the 81% increase in food bank usage in British Columbia. If the Liberals are so confident that their policies are good, why not call the carbon tax election?