Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my colleague, who is the first Liberal member from Quebec to have the courage to rise in the House. However, I am not sure whether he fully understands his government's decision.
As he said, Quebec is not subject to the carbon tax. Considering that we did not pay the carbon tax, we are not entitled to the rebate. However, in April, May and June, when there was no carbon tax, Ottawa still sent out cheques. This means that Quebeckers paid for the elimination of the carbon tax in Canada. That is what it amounts to. It means that the people in my colleague's riding paid $10 million out of their own pockets to people making less of an effort to fight climate change.
Is my colleague going to explain that to his constituents? I think it might not go down very well.