International Trade committee  We'll continue to be there. Canada's FTA with Ukraine has very little to do with the adoption and development of a carbon tax with Ukraine. In fact, Ukraine has been using carbon pricing for many years and now with alignments with the EU emissions trading system. Since 2011 Ukraine put forward a carbon tax that applies to CO2 emissions from stationary sources in the industry, power and building sectors, so this is nothing new.

Government Business No. 30—Proceedings on Bill C-56  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to do so. I was saying that I am always surprised to hear the Conservatives harp on the carbon tax day after day, when we know that it does not have a major impact on inflation. Serious economic studies tell us that the carbon tax causes inflation to rise by 0.1%. The Conservatives keep harping on this.

Canada Labour Code  Speaker, at least it has become clear that the member will probably not support the bill. I am surprised because the Conservatives normally try to find a carbon tax in bills to avoid supporting them, but there is no such tax in this one. The member is using the fact that some plants will use temporary foreign workers to deny workers fundamental rights and calling that a defeat.

Canada Labour Code  I know that the Conservatives think they are in the middle of an election campaign, but I feel uneasy. I listened to my colleague's speech and it was interesting. We talked about the carbon tax and battery plants. The Liberal member asked her a clear question about whether the member will support the principle that replacement workers should be banned to ensure balanced collective agreement negotiations.

Finance committee  We've seen time and time again that they are simply incapable of doing that. Mr. Chair, the carbon tax is a good example. We had a number of provincial governments elected throughout the last eight years that specifically opposed the carbon tax. You would think that would be a valid question that a provincial government could run on, especially after I read the Supreme Court ruling on that.

Canada Labour Code  We know there is a record number of two million Canadians using a food bank each month. Rents have doubled, and taxes such as the carbon tax keep increasing. Families of all generations are being squeezed; they are on the edge of not being able to fulfill their financial commitments and pay their bills. After eight years, inflation and interest rates at generational highs are impacting workers and their families everywhere they turn.

Transport committee  Mr. Chair, I'm raising this motion at this moment, because we know that, at a time when carbon taxes are high and runaway deficit spending and inflation are forcing Canadians to attend food banks at rates we've never seen before, this government needs to be held accountable for the policies and how they are contributing to the pain Canadians are feeling.

Carbon Pricing  Now, in the midst of this affordability crisis, the Prime Minister has doubled down on his plan to quadruple the carbon tax. We, as common-sense Conservatives, have brought forward Bill C-234, which would create another carbon carve-out for our farmers. We understand that when one taxes the farmer who grows the food, one taxes the trucker who ships the food and one taxes everyone who buys the food.

Carbon Pricing  It is clear after eight years that the NDP-Liberal government is just not worth the cost. Conservative Bill C-234 would remove the carbon tax for farmers, making food prices cheaper. The Liberal environment minister has promised to resign. I hope he sticks to that. Will the Prime Minister tell the senators to put Canadians first and pass Bill C-234, so Canadians can feed themselves?

Carbon Pricing  The tragedy is that this is a feature, not a flaw, of the Prime Minister's plan to quadruple the carbon tax on gas, groceries and home heating. How high does the number of Canadians starving have to get before the Prime Minister gets out of the way and allows his appointed senators to pass a common-sense Conservative bill, Bill C-234 and help farmers and ranchers lower the cost of food for all Canadians?

Committees of the House  Ukraine does not want our carbon tax any more than Canadians want it. That is why the Conservatives oppose the ineffective carbon tax here in Canada and in Ukraine. Ukraine is looking for a reliable trade partner, not to be force fed a carbon tax.

Carbon Pricing  The government could do something: Stop holding up Conservative bill, Bill C-234, to take the carbon tax off farmers. Will it do it?

Carbon Pricing  Speaker, last year, almost six million Ontarians visited a food bank, an increase of more than 40% and the highest single increase ever recorded. Clearly, this Prime Minister's carbon tax plan is not worth the cost. Conservatives have a common-sense bill, Bill C-234, in the Senate, which would reduce costs on farmers and make food more affordable for Canadians, but the Prime Minister is blocking this bill, forcing Canadians to food banks.

Carbon Pricing  If the total number of people who visited a food bank were a town, it would be the fourth-biggest town in all of Ontario. Will the Prime Minister therefore cancel his plan to quadruple the carbon tax on the farmers who feed us, and pass common-sense Conservative Bill C-234 to carve out the tax for farmers?

Carbon Pricing  Last year, they went up by record numbers: 800,000 people went a total of 6 million times to the food banks in this province. There is a bill before the Senate to take the carbon tax off the farmers who feed us, rather than quadrupling it as the Prime Minister has said he will do. Will the Prime Minister stop interfering with the independence of the Senate and let the bill pass so we can bring home affordable food?