Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal costly coalition, there is only one person keeping the Prime Minister in power. That is the leader of the NDP.
Remember the NDP leader's big stunt when he told Canadians he ripped up the coalition deal with the Liberals? It was just a scam on the poor voters of Elmwood—Transcona right before a by-election. The NDP leader said, “The fact is, the Liberals are too weak, too selfish and too beholden to corporate interests to fight for [Canadians].”
While the NDP leader supports the punishing carbon tax, voting for it over 24 times, Canadians visit food banks in record-smashing numbers. Every day the Prime Minister stays in power is because of the leader of the NDP, who lacks courage. It is time for the Prime Minister to call a carbon tax election now so Canadians can make the choice.