Business of Supply  Speaker, I know that the member lives in a riding very much like mine in the GTA, where people are hard-working Canadians, going to work every day and paying their taxes. I wonder if the member could comment in particular on what a $21 billion carbon tax would do to the lifestyle of the people he represents?

Business of the House  On the government side of the House, we heard loud and clear that the priority of Canadians remains the economy. It is our priority too. Not one person raised with me a desire to see a $21 billion carbon tax implemented to raise the price of gas, groceries and winter heat. I do not expect the member will see that in our agenda. I also want to extend a warm welcome, on behalf of Conservatives, to this year's class of pages.

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, the policy of the NDP is to hurt Canadian families with a job-killing carbon tax. Would the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development tell the House of the government's latest measures to help Canadian families, particularly parents of critically ill children?

Federal-Provincial Relations  When asked about the fact certain premiers wanted to meet him earlier in the spring about his comments about shutting down Canadian industry and imposing carbon taxes, he said that he saw no reason he should meet with any of these people.

Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada  He also fails to grasp the irony that if the NDP's reckless and irresponsible anti-trade agenda were imposed, Canada's trade would be zero. These policies, along with a new $20 billion carbon tax, would kill Canadian jobs and stall the economy. We encourage the NDP leader to read Andrew Coyne, who today wrote: A country whose economy is growing relatively slowly, compared to its trading partners, will buy rather less from them, and sell rather more.

Business of Supply  Does he agree with that? Second, the chair of the NDP caucus also says that he agrees with the idea of a carbon tax. Does he support that as well?

Business of Supply  Canadian taxpayers should hold onto their wallets because, unfortunately, there is more. The NDP leader supports a job-killing carbon tax. This would increase the price of everything including purchases such as gas--

Business of Supply  Given the fact that my friend on the other side and her colleagues campaigned in the 2011 election to bring forward a $21 billion carbon tax that would completely cripple Canada's economy, how can she stand in the House today and cite doom and gloom on an economy that is doing better every day under the leadership of this government?

Gasoline Prices  We also implemented the Fairness at the Pumps Act. These measures are having a tangible impact and are the complete opposite of a carbon tax, which would have a devastating impact on jobs in Canada.

Gasoline Prices  Not later than last month, three companies were guilty of fixing prices. This is real action and totally the opposite of advocating a carbon tax that would be devastating for the economy.

Agriculture  Speaker, today the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the OECD, reiterated that our government's decision to deliver marketing freedom to western Canadian farmers is a positive change for Canada. While the opposition wants to impose a job-killing carbon tax on food production and groceries, can the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food tell the House how our government is supporting farmers?

Agriculture  We absolutely agree. What farmers really consider risky is the NDP leader and his cohorts' job-killing carbon tax that would immediately raise costs for farmers and destroy their bottom lines. We will not let that happen.

Gasoline Prices  In addition, when the Competition Bureau finds evidence of behaviour that violates the Competition Act, it does not hesitate to take law enforcement action to protect competition and consumers. What about the $20 billion fact? What about the carbon tax that those guys over there are proposing? That is where the real question is.

Public Transit  Over the past 10 years, the revenue of those municipalities has increased by 70% despite the fact that inflation and population have grown by 30%. Finally, the NDP public transit plan is a carbon tax, which would make it impossible to pay for gas.

Employment  Mr. Speaker, the NDP leader's problem is that his commitment to Canadians involves a carbon tax. It is in black and white. He denies it and pretends it does not exist, but the problem for him is that it is here. It is $21.5 billion and it goes up every year. He ran on it in the last election and he pretends it is not there now.