Mr. Speaker, every dollar the Liberal government spends comes out of the pockets of hard-working Canadians in the form of higher taxes and higher inflation. Let us take the hidden fuel standards tax, which will raise the price of gasoline by 17¢ a litre and diesel by 16¢ a litre. A tax on the trucker who delivers the food is a tax on the mom or dad buying that food in the grocery store aisle. It is a tax on young Canadians. It is one more sacrifice the Prime Minister is asking the next generation to make.
Instead of a costly budget and a costly election, why does the government not eliminate the fuel standards tax and bring forward an affordable budget for an affordable life?