Mr. Speaker, I was absolutely floored when listening to the response the member gave when he tried to justify that the NDP stepped away from the current price on pollution with the rebate mechanism we have. The member voted in favour of it 24 times. On June 4 of this year, the member justified the policy by saying in the House, “On April 1 of last year, the Prime Minister increased the carbon tax by three cents. Conservatives say this is bad, but Danielle Smith increased it by four cents and that is not even with a rebate.”
Can the member please just come clean and say the New Democrats stepped away from this because they were feeling the political pressure and could not stand up to the Leader of the Opposition?