Mr. Speaker, I want to commend the hon. parliamentary secretary on his content-rich speech. I would like to hear his thoughts on what tax specialist Luc Godbout said a few months ago about how we need to resist the temptation to lower the gas tax for either budget-balancing or environmental reasons.
I would add to that the pressure that will be felt when the fuel excise tax comes back into effect on Labour Day. Will public pressure not be so strong that it will be difficult to bring that tax back in September?
Finally, would it not have been wiser to implement targeted measures for the trucking industry and for people in greater need, for example, rather than temporarily suspending the fuel excise tax?