Mr. Speaker, the minister, whom I hold in high regard, knows full well that Canadians were not paying the carbon tax when they got their cheques.
The Prime Minister himself confirmed that he had eliminated the carbon tax on April 1 but that he had nevertheless issued the quarterly cheque for the period from April to June at the end of the month. If tax revenues were not used to cover those cheques, who paid for them? The Liberal Party called the cheques a transitional measure. We are calling them a gift to Canadians at the expense of Quebec taxpayers. Will the Liberals pay back the $814 million they owe Quebeckers?