Madam Speaker, with great respect to my colleague, he knows that there has not been a shred of credible evidence to suggest that the industrial carbon tax is primarily responsible, or remotely responsible, for the increases in prices that people are seeing at the grocery store.
His point, though, on increasing competition in the grocery sector is well taken. I agree that we need greater competition in the grocery sector. I also agree, or not quite agree because he did not say it, but I am sure he agrees, as a thoughtful colleague, that we do need to address climate change in this country, which is the primary driver of drought and flooding issues. We see the effects on supply that has overall. When we have limited supply, and demand remains constant or increases, we have an increase in prices. That is simple economics.
Finally, I would go one step further to say that he, I and parliamentarians throughout this chamber should collaborate on the big issue at hand, which is putting in place a foundation for sustained economic growth in the future. We see that in budget 2025—