Mr. Speaker, I have two quick questions for my colleague.
First, the total cost of everything being proposed here amounts to $13 billion annually, which would increase the deficit by that amount. Would it not have been better to propose more targeted measures?
Second, with regard to the clean fuel standard, the motion says that it would save seven cents per litre. These calculations are based on the price difference between biofuels and oil at a time when oil was cheaper. However, with the current price surge, the two are now the same price. This means we go from saving seven cents per litre to saving nothing.
Why does my colleague want to keep this part of the motion?