Madam Speaker, I would like to make a correction to my colleague's speech. He said that Quebeckers had not received the payment because they had not paid the carbon tax. We are not talking about all the payments, just the last payment that was made on April 22 and that was called an advance payment, meaning that it was made before expenses. The tax was no longer in effect as of April 1, but it was paid for April, May and June, a three-month period in which it did not even apply. The $3.7 billion was not paid out of the money that would have been collected from the carbon tax. It was paid out by all Canadians for purposes other than this tax, and Quebeckers are not entitled to it.
If they gave some people a gift covering three months of payments on April 22, during the election campaign, why not also give it to Quebeckers?
I would like to know whether my colleague has a better understanding of the purpose of our opposition day this time.