Government Business No. 31—Proceedings on Bill C-50  They are always a majority of public sector jobs. These are part-time jobs for people picking up jobs to try to pay for the costly carbon tax-driven increase of their cost of living in this country. This is at a time when the federal government is paying more interest on our federal debt than it pays for health care in this country.

Agriculture committee  We have $5 billion that is internal to fines within the system. I haven't heard a number yet on what the carbon tax is adding, but I think that will be coming out shortly. I also haven't heard a number of what the potential cost, besides food spoilage, would be for the P2 arrangements. Can anybody comment on an estimated number for the cost to the system just on the P2?

Environment committee  Derek Hermanutz, of the government's emissions reduction projections specifically from the carbon tax, no later than December 8, 2023. Mr. Chair, the Liberals keep telling us that Canadians need to pay a carbon tax to reduce emissions; however, no one in the government has been able to say exactly how much emissions are being reduced from the carbon tax.

Agriculture committee  I'm wondering what your thoughts are on the ban on primary food plastic packaging and how that will affect your stakeholders, and also on transportation costs, because we've heard from independent grocers across the country that their fuel transportation cost to get the groceries to rural or remote communities in the north is astronomical because of the carbon tax. Could you comment on the disadvantage independents are at because of those costs and the proposed plastics ban?

Carbon Pricing  Here is another example: Aided and abetted by the Bloc Québécois, the Liberals are blocking Bill C‑234, which would give breathing room to our farmers and our Canadians families. Will the Prime Minister finally drop his plan to drastically increase the carbon tax on the backs of farmers and Canadian families?

Carbon Pricing  Speaker, it is unbelievable how out of touch that ag minister is. Jake from Vermeer's Dairy near Camrose saw a bill of $1,700 in carbon tax charges alone last month. It is going to be more as winter settles in on the Canadian Prairies. It is clear that these Liberals do not have an environmental plan but, rather, a tax plan that punishes those who are best equipped to lower the price of food in this country.

Carbon Pricing  Voting for the Bloc Québécois is very costly. Will the Prime Minister finally scrap his plan to radically increase the Liberal carbon tax on farmers and families?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Benedict said his group has been talking to the government about changes to the carbon tax regime for some time—

Housing  My common-sense plan, which is in a 15-minute documentary he can watch between photo ops while he is being chauffeured around, would ensure that cities have to permit 15% more homes to keep their funding. It would take taxes off construction, including carbon taxes off of building materials. It would require CMHC bureaucrats to quickly approve financing or lose their bonuses and get fired. This is a common-sense plan. Why will he not get working to implement it?

Human Resources committee  Thank you. In this motion, Chair, it states that the carbon tax threatens the income security of farmers, our farm workers and employment in the agricultural sector. As we heard earlier today, that also is threatening our non-profits and also Canadians—

Human Resources committee  —as well as seniors and as well as families and workers. That is something that is in our motion, that the carbon tax threatens the income security of our farmers, our farm workers and employment in the agricultural sector. We have heard that there is an affordability crisis in this country. We heard that again today with the testimony that was brought forward.

Human Resources committee  It's the first line: “given that: (a) the carbon tax threatens”. This is in the motion.

Natural Resources committee  I think the first nations have taken the government to court too. I think this has happened on our carbon tax, but that's a different story. I would agree that that is perhaps outside this. However, I really think it's relevant. How can you not say that the Supreme Court is making decisions, and they affect everybody's riding?

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Going back to the farmers themselves, we've heard that these carbon taxes, which I quoted earlier, in the hundreds of thousands for many of these farms, then reduce their ability—

Human Resources committee  Back to my motion, when we're looking at the cost of food, which, as I said, directly flows into the study that we're discussing right now, we've heard testimony on how there's a crisis of volunteering in Canada, and we've heard testimony here today from multiple witnesses that some of that is due to the cost of inflation and the affordability crisis that we're having in Canada. One way to help address that is to remove the carbon tax from the farmers who are producing our food. We heard from a previous witness regarding the crisis in volunteering right now and how volunteerism has decreased. A lot of not-for-profits are having trouble finding volunteers because of inflation and because of an affordability issue that ties directly into the motion that I have on one way to bring down the price of food.