Madam Speaker, I would like to start by correcting the record. We have not lost the support of the House. There has not been a confidence vote that the government has lost. In two days, on Wednesday, there is going to be a confidence vote, and all parties have stepped up to say they are just not buying what the Conservatives are putting out there. It is based on false premises. They are, frankly, not being terribly honest with Canadians. This doomsday narrative that they are projecting does not reflect the Canadian sentiment right now.
Canadians are struggling. It is a challenging time out there economically, but the trajectory is really good. Right now, inflation is down to 2%. Interest rates are on their way down; they are going quickly, faster than they are in the United States. Gas prices are actually extremely low, and they are about to get even lower in Ontario because of the winter gas mix coming.
As a result, every aspect of the economy is improving. We have to flip to the back pages of the Financial Post these days to find the doomsday narrative that matches what the Conservatives are saying. We cannot take our foot off the gas pedal. We need to keep working hard for Canadians and finding solutions to improve affordability. The only policy suggestion the Conservatives have made over the last couple of years is to remove the Canada carbon rebate.
A province such as Saskatchewan, which generates the vast majority of its electricity with coal, also needs to ensure that it is ushering in innovation. In 2024, such a country as Canada cannot be relying on technology from 150 years ago to generate our electricity. We can do much better than that. The neighbouring province to my colleague's constituency in Manitoba just brought forth a really great subset of green electricity regulations. It is investing in wind. It already has one of the greenest grids in Canada and Manitoba, so kudos to Premier Kinew. However, Saskatchewan continues to boast that it burns coal to generate electricity, as we did at the turn of the last century. It is time to get with the times. We are better than that. We can be much better than that.
The leader of the Conservative Party and the failed former leader of the Conservative Party, the member for Regina—Qu'Appelle, continually suggest that programs like dental care do not exist in Canada. I am sorry. A quarter of one million Canadians have already accessed care, and 2.5 million Canadians have signed up for their dental care plan card.
The Conservatives have also never acknowledged that the Canada carbon rebate even exists in the House, because it does not fit their doomsday narrative. The Canada carbon rebate has proven to be a safety net in some small way for families who are struggling through these times. Yes, gas prices are coming down, but we have been there. We have been there with new programs, with new policies and with money in Canadians' pockets.
I would encourage the member to learn a bit more about how some of the processes work in Canada. Just recently, on June 13, Environment and Climate Change Canada published the data provided to the PBO on carbon pollution pricing relative to the national and provincial gross domestic products for the 2022-30 period. That is over nine years. The data in this report does not represent a comprehensive economic overview of pollution pricing's impact. It only addresses the specific requests of the PBO. However, even the PBO has recognized that carbon pricing is the least disruptive way to reduce emissions. In fact, it was both Preston Manning's and Stephen Harper's preferred method of reducing emissions, something that we have a responsibility to do, not just with our global colleagues, but also for future generations.