Madam Speaker, I am somewhat surprised by the leader of the official opposition's reaction to the budget.
The tax cuts should make him happy. There is also talk of extending funding for oil companies and abolishing emissions caps in the oil and gas sector. The budget talks about amending the clean electricity regulations, most likely to weaken them, and the same goes for fossil fuel regulations.
There is no longer any mention of the Paris Agreement or short-term targets, even. The fight against climate change has been sidelined. It has reached the point where one Conservative member of Parliament thought the budget was so good that he decided to join the government.
It makes me wonder whether the leader of the official opposition feels like crossing the floor, considering how the government—