Mr. Speaker, the hon. member did very well for the first five minutes in showing a level of nuance. I enjoyed the Cs he laid out. I will lay out a C, which is the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers in this country. Its statistics show that oil and gas sector production increased by 41% in the last 10 years. We never hear that from the opposition benches whatsoever.
Here is another C: the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. I was with the member for Foothills during the election. He is a really good parliamentarian and a smart guy. He had nothing to work with because that C, the Conservative Party, had next to nothing for farmers in its platform.
The last piece is a small C, because the member talked about the environment. I find it very ironic when we see the member stand up to talk about some of the policies that the government has tried to work with to actually reduce emissions and grow the economy at the same time.
Why was his party committing to spending more taxpayers' dollars to reduce emissions during the campaign instead of using the small-c Conservative policy of carbon pricing?