Environment committee  Mr. Chair, we have all heard from our constituents about the effects of the carbon tax on the rising cost of living. We've recently seen the federal government announce a pause on the carbon tax for home heating oil. We may be seeing an exemption from the carbon tax for certain farming activities, assuming that Bill C-234 gets passed into law.

Petitions  After eight years, this Prime Minister has made life unaffordable for Canadians with his carbon tax. Mackenzie residents are simply asking for some relief from this Liberal Prime Minister in this petition. We, the undersigned residents of Mackenzie, B.C., call upon the House of Commons to reconsider the northern living allowance classification for Mackenzie and change from its current prescribed immediate zone of 50% deduction to full prescribed northern zone of 100% deduction.

Committees of the House  We agree that graduate students and post-doctorate fellows play an important role within our universities and they are disproportionately affected by the carbon tax, runaway inflation, the doubling of rent and the doubling of mortgages. We all know that if the government brings forward new, unfunded spending, it is just future deficits for future generations to pay back, so we disagree with the recommendations found in this report.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It doesn't matter if it's hygiene products. Whatever you're getting, there is an energy component to that product. The carbon tax is added along the way. Every single piece of the supply chain is having the carbon tax added. That makes life more expensive. We see now that the government has blinked. They've acknowledged that their carbon tax does make life more untenable for Canadians, particularly in Atlantic Canada.

Business of Supply  I want this NDP-Liberal government to be honest with Canadians. The carbon tax is raising the cost of living. When the carbon tax drives up costs for farmers and truckers, the cost of living increases for all Canadians. I like bologna, but I do not like it when the Liberals feed Canadians baloney.

Business of Supply  Selling our energy would have provided some much-needed relief for indigenous communities, but the government, like the carbon tax, ignores the needs, wishes and desires of first nations communities. In our motion, we are calling for the carbon tax to be taken off for families, families and first nations.

Business of Supply  He literally pays none of the expenses that go into the carbon tax, but he gets that rebate. So my question is, in fairness, when we are having a discussion about the price on pollution and how much people are getting back, does the Leader of the Opposition cash his rebate every three or four months when he gets it?

Indigenous Services  However, overall, in that 30 hours of voting, the 135 votes of no confidence was exactly that: We have no confidence in this government. We want to have the carbon tax election.

Indigenous Services  Today we heard of another leader within the provincial government, Premier-Elect Simpson, who is now calling for the elimination of the carbon tax, or at least a carve-out, in the Northwest Territories. This is on top of the 133 chiefs across Ontario who are taking the government to court seeking relief. It amplifies the fact that not only is Indigenous Services failing at what it does, but indigenous people are not better off because of the government.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, it is all about fairness. Quebec does not directly pay the cost of carbon tax 1, but it pays carbon tax 2. I will give an example from my province. We are going to grow some mustard. For that mustard, all the inputs that go into putting seed in the ground, harvesting and shipping that grain to a processing plant is all taxed with the carbon tax.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I hope the member is at least willing to admit that Quebeckers are disproportionately impacted by the carbon tax. The carbon tax is applied on the trains that go to Quebec, the carbon tax is applied on trucks and semis that transport goods into Quebec and that gets passed on to consumers in Quebec.

Transport committee  That all adds up when you add all of the other charges that have been going up and up, including increased carbon taxes and increased costs for fuel. Those are all passed on to Canadian consumers. We've seen, over the last number of years, that the number of incidents at Canadian airports is down.

Agriculture committee  I'm going to load up two questions here, just in the interest of time. You stated in your handout and your opening remarks that the carbon tax absolutely pales in comparison with the profits in the oil and gas sector as a driver of inflation. In previous handouts, you've shown that oil and gas, over the last three years, has seen net profits increase by over 1,000%.

Agriculture committee  It's a complex question. It is getting more complicated to do business. The challenge is beyond just the carbon tax. It also includes looking at the cost of borrowing and interest rates. The complexity and layering of regulatory burden on the industry is becoming a challenge. There are access to labour and the cost of labour.

Agriculture committee  I'm wondering if you could comment on how the carbon tax affects the input costs of the suppliers you represent.