Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and time is up.
Canadians want an election to decide the direction of this country and the future of the carbon tax. It seems that the NDP leader's pension is worth more to him than the hundreds of thousands of jobs that would be lost because of the quadrupling of the carbon tax. Even the radical NDP premier from B.C. has flip-flopped on the carbon tax, but the leader of the federal NDP has not. He would rather be frenemies with the Prime Minister. Meanwhile, Canadians line up at food banks.
The NDP can pull out of its costly coalition with the Prime Minister, vote in favour of our non-confidence motion and trigger a carbon tax election. Today, on behalf of all Canadians, there is a chance to bring down the costly government. Will the NDP leader have the guts to give Canadians the election they deserve?