Madam Speaker, I find the question rather interesting. We are not, in fact, giving money to the United States. We are giving money to taxpayers to help them buy vehicles that pollute less.
However, I want to ask my colleague a question. Why are the Conservatives defending the oil companies, fighting so hard for them, getting so worked up about them and thinking about them every morning when they get up, when 80% of those companies are controlled by Americans? Why do the Conservatives want us to continue subsidizing these oil companies and boosting their profits, which will continue to flow to American shareholders?
The Conservatives seem to have forgotten one side of the equation.