The Economy  We have the best job market in a generation, but we certainly do not want to allow the Liberals to get back in place where they would put a punitive carbon tax on us and perhaps run us into a deficit position.

Price of Consumer Goods  However, let us also warn this House about what the Liberals want to do by putting a punitive carbon tax on consumers, on everything that consumers buy.

Liberal Party of Canada  Most recently, on the budget bill and immigration reforms, the Liberals tried to fearmonger and feign contempt, but when it came time to vote, again they backed down. With a deeply divided caucus and his carbon tax trick to defend, it is no surprise the Liberal leader is backing down. Canadians will not be tricked.

Agriculture committee  Chair, I agree that we have very important witnesses here today. The point should be made and put on the record, though, that this carbon tax idea proposed by the Liberal leader and endorsed by Mr. Easter in the House would be very damaging to rural Canadians. This would be very damaging to our farm economy and to our farmers.

Agriculture committee  Let the parliamentary secretary do his homework and provide us with a properly written document. Then we can discuss the Conservatives' carbon tax as long as they want. This text is a mess.

Agriculture committee  Thank you. Unless Mr. Lauzon is concerned about his government bringing in a carbon tax, I have no comprehension as to the urgency of this motion. These witnesses have come in from hundreds of miles. It is obstinate in the extreme, quite apart from being illogical, for Mr.

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals cannot seem to get their stories straight on their massive new carbon tax. Yesterday the member for Halton confessed that the Liberal plan was--

Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada  When it comes time to putting his money where his mouth is, he backs down and tells his caucus to sit on their hands or not even bother showing up. With the details emerging about the Liberal plan to gouge Canadians with a carbon tax and a Liberal caucus that is obviously deeply divided and very worried about defending its tax trick during an election, it is no wonder the Liberal leader is backing down. Leadership is not about sitting on one's hands in the House.

The Environment  Speaker, as more details are being leaked about the Leader of the Opposition's proposed carbon tax and the great lengths the Liberals are using weasel words to conceal the real nature of this tax from the public, it is clear the party is trying to trick Canadians into paying a permanent new tax.

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, if we consider that if there were a carbon tax over four years of some 4¢, that would have an impact, I am sure, but when the Conservative government took office the price of gasoline was 65¢ a litre. It is now $1.35 under the government's watch, so there we go.

Agriculture committee  The notice of motion reads as follows: “That the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food urge the Government of Canada to ensure Canadian farmers are not saddled with a carbon tax, which would further increase their input costs and hurt their competitiveness vis-à-vis their American competitors.” Mr. Chair, since we're studying input costs, I think it's critical that we discuss this at the earliest possible point in time.

The Environment  To fund his spending promises, he is trying to trick Canadians into paying a permanent new carbon tax he once vehemently opposed.

The Environment  However, I wish I could say the same of the Liberal opposition. It was only last year that the leader of the opposition said there will be no carbon tax. Now we know differently. Now he is wrapping it up in language about a green tax, a tax shift, and revenue neutrality. When Canadians hear those words from politicians, they know they are weasel words to cover just another big tax grab.

Gasoline Prices  People are keeping their own money. That is unlike the Liberals, who are going to raise taxes by imposing a carbon tax on Canadians. It is going to cost the Liberals billions of dollars per year to pay for the promises that they have not budgeted.

Public Safety  Today, for the first time after us talking about it for weeks, the Liberals were finally prepared to talk about their carbon tax, and I am not surprised because they come from a party that really liked really high taxes.