Mr. Speaker, I would like set the record straight in terms of what we are hearing from the other side. Repeating something day after day in question period does not make it true. To keep it simple for my colleague, according to all of the serious and rigorous analyses that have been conducted, the impact of the industrial carbon tax is virtually zero.
The Conservatives are telling us that there are things that we cannot control and things that we can. One of the things that they should control is how they vote. They voted against a tax cut for 22 million Canadians. They voted against the Canada child benefit, which has reduced child poverty by 40% in Canada. They voted against the grocery benefit, which will give families about $1,800 a year this year.
They should change their approach and support this government's affordability measures.