Mr. Speaker, I thank my Conservative colleague for mentioning the importance of respect for provincial jurisdictions. We have not always felt that same level of respect from the Conservatives on this specific issue over the years, but that was in a previous Parliament.
The government is coming in with a new attitude, but there is indeed one issue that has been overplayed. Seeing the consequences this can have on farmers, it is obvious that they are playing politics in an area that should not be politicized. It took the Conservatives a long time to recognize that Quebec has a carbon exchange and that the carbon tax did not apply in Quebec.