Mr. Speaker, this is not deficit spending. This is taking from the windfall that Ottawa is receiving from elevated oil prices. The Liberal government is not returning that money, which belongs to Canadians, and putting it in the pockets of Canadians at a time of an affordability crisis.
Even for people who do not drive or take public transit, fuel tax still affects the price they pay at the grocery store. Just last week, we learned that a major food producer is now slapping a fuel surcharge on all the food they are selling in bulk. Eventually that is going to make its way to the prices at the grocery store.
Conservatives are calling on the Liberal government to do the right thing and scrap the 25¢-a-litre tax on gas for the rest of 2026.