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.

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  I do not support every measure in this bill. I take particular issue with the Liberals' inclusion of a carbon tax within the text. That is because, in the Canadian context, the Liberal carbon tax has dramatically increased the cost of living for every single one of the people I represent, all while failing to bring Canada anywhere close to meeting its emissions targets.

Carbon Tax  The Bloc continues to mislead Quebeckers by saying the carbon tax does not affect them. The Bloc is wrong. The second carbon tax affects us directly by adding 20¢ per litre to the price of gasoline at the pump, while the first carbon tax continues to affect the price of every item transported to Quebec.

Public Services and Procurement  That is what the Liberal government seems to think: “We meet with everyone. Taxes are fine.” That is absolutely preposterous. Removing the carbon tax would help restore affordability to food prices and energy prices. People need to be able to heat their home and feed their family. That is why we are going to axe the tax, focus on technology and cut the Liberals.

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Speaker, the fact that the debate was hijacked, basically kidnapped by people in the Conservative Party who wanted to turn it into a debate on the carbon tax is deplorable. It is truly unacceptable. We are talking about helping a country at war through a free trade agreement that we are revising. However, we have done everything but that.

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Speaker, there is a lot in that question. I would first say that there is nothing in this free trade agreement that forces a carbon tax or carbon pricing on Ukraine. Ukraine already has that. However, there is a statement in the agreement that says that nothing in this agreement will force either of the two countries to change their environmental policies or laws.

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  If we could do something that is good for Canadian workers and good for the advancement of peace, freedom and justice around the world, it is a no-brainer, yet the Liberals, because of their extreme green ideology, are opposing Canadian oil and gas development and are trying to insert carbon tax poison pills into trade deals. It makes no sense. We need a government that puts the Canadian national interest and the cause of freedom ahead of extreme green ideology.

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, the Conservatives are being disruptive, and not necessarily in a good way. They are relentlessly harping on the carbon tax, almost to the point of obsession, and that makes me worry for the future. If that party takes power in Canada, how is Canada going to be able to sign even the simplest little international treaty?

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, I keep coming back to something in these debates, and it is just so disheartening. I do not understand it. This is not a debate about the carbon tax. This is a debate about the fact that the leader of Ukraine has asked us to sign this agreement to see that Ukrainians get the help they need. I am hearing from Ukrainians who are being forced to flee their country.

Business of Supply  By 2030, the Prime Minister's two carbon taxes could add 50¢ per litre to the price of gasoline, according to the same source. Let me be very clear. The carbon tax is not a climate plan. It is a tax plan that places an undue burden on families, small businesses and farmers.