Committees of the House  Recently, my colleague from Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa uncovered the fact that the government is not even tracking whether the emissions are reduced or not by the carbon tax, so it has no measure of whether it is working. We can see that emissions are rising under the Liberals' watch, so it is clear that it is not working. However, we know the pain it is causing from an economic point of view for Canadians.

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I want to be careful because the last time I said I spoke to farmers who were not opposed to the carbon tax, my colleague told me they were not real farmers. I am not sure who gets to decide who is a real farmer and who is not. When I did have a conversation with those farmers, they told me very clearly that they had concerns about climate change and they had concerns about the impact that climate change is having on the planet and on the property that they have tended to for generations in their family.

Committees of the House  He is going to try to downsize and work here, but life is so expensive with all the rising costs. In the Vancouver area, with the carbon tax, we are paying the highest gas prices in North America, and there are the home heating costs. It seems that the Liberal message and direction is more pain, that Canadians need to feel more pain.

Business of Supply  He does it because he knows he cannot run on his miserable track record of doubling the cost of housing, sending a record-smashing two million people to food banks, quadrupling the carbon tax, leading to a 300% car-theft increase in just eight years in Toronto, and giving Halifax 30 homeless encampments. This kind of chaos and misery is a record no one wants.

Carbon Pricing  Speaker, after eight years of the Liberal government, one thing is for sure: Canadians are paying more taxes. The other thing we know for sure is that Liberal carbon taxes are the cornerstone of the Liberal approach to fighting climate change. Do they actually work, though? That is why my colleague from Manitoba tabled a written question. The minister wrote back and said, “the government does not measure the annual amount of emissions that are directly reduced by federal carbon pricing.”

Agriculture committee  The first task would be to produce better data and analysis. That would allow us to better understand, for example, what impact the carbon tax has on food prices. That’s still an open question. The second task would be to determine what is currently having repercussions and what the solutions are. The third task would be to look at the issues of accessibility and affordability and try to find solutions, perhaps outside the food system, that might address the consequences of rising food prices.

Agriculture committee  I appreciate the debate, Mr. Chair. Mr. McCann, do you share the view or do you believe that the carbon tax is having a direct impact at the retail level on the prices of food in the country?

Agriculture committee  It is. Mr. Charlebois said there is not enough data to prove that the carbon tax is affecting food prices. Mr. Carr is putting words in his mouth.

Business of Supply  Speaker, since York—Simcoe is now considered part of Toronto under the government's goofy carbon tax regime, I feel I can comment on Toronto and York Region. The facts are what they are. Auto theft is up 200% in York Region. There were 4,290 vehicles stolen in 2023. I guess my hon. colleague from Etobicoke—Lakeshore hears different things.

Agriculture committee  Some of our really elite growers go to 33. It's that incremental improvement that we can make. The challenge is that the carbon tax being applied is being increased at a far higher rate than science and technology can keep up with.

Agriculture committee  In your opening statement, you were careful to point out to this committee that we shouldn't grab individual facets of information when we're talking about food price inflation. We have to look at it as a whole. On the topic of the carbon tax and fuel price volatility, in the previous panel, I was making mention of the fact that diesel fuel, in 2022, was priced as high as $2.30 a litre. It's now down to $1.70. We've seen worldwide massive fluctuations in energy prices, whether it be natural gas, propane, gasoline or diesel.

Business of Supply  This rise in car theft has made Canadians less safe at a time when many are already struggling as a result of the Prime Minister's reckless debt and costly carbon tax. Car theft is an additional burden on Canadians. In 2022, car insurance payouts totalled more than $1 billion. In Ontario, car theft claims were up 329% in the first half of 2023 alone, adding up to more than $700 million in losses.

Agriculture committee  A 2022 survey conducted by our organization revealed that close to 44% of our growers are operating at a loss presently, and three-quarters have difficulty offsetting production cost increases that would include the carbon tax, the P2 plastics program, tariffs on fertilizer and aggressive targets for reducing fertilizer emissions. Those challenges, including Bill C-234, risk the sector's affordability and sustainability going forward.

Agriculture committee  That is certainly the principle behind the carbon tax, that you're going to add the cost related to the emissions of a product. That is the intent. I think if you go onto the government's website, that's very similar language to what they use.

Agriculture committee  I mentioned the 2023 report because we did see a huge increase in 2023 when we had the implementation of a carbon tax. It was going to raise prices in 2023. Given that it is 2024, I can't see how that wouldn't pertain to 2024. That's why I directly quoted that. Yes, in 2024, we said $700. That's still a significant amount of money for Canadian families.