Foreign Affairs committee  Another one here is supporting the existing levy on airline tickets in 13 European and developing countries, but not really defining what the developing countries would be. Then there's a strong recommendation for the carbon tax on wealthy countries, not really defining which ones they would be, then carbon dioxide omissions, or equivalent mechanisms, and a global currency transition tax and a global financial transitions tax.

Environment committee  Like most economists, or almost all economists, I support the notion of carbon pricing. As I've said several times, I find the vocabulary—cap and trade, carbon tax—quite confusing and not particularly useful. And it is important to look at the details of how you do carbon pricing.

Environment committee  I was encouraged to hear our Liberal colleagues resurrect their notion of a carbon tax earlier, by the way. Are you aware that, when the government announced its intention to establish an offset system in the spring, we opened up a consultation process?

Environment committee  May I interrupt? Do I understand that you're advocating for a carbon tax?

Environment committee  In my opinion, if you have a cap and trade system and you auction the permits, from an emitter's point of view, that's a carbon tax.

Carbon Tax Proposal  Speaker, Liberals across Canada are terrified of how Canadians will react to their leader's plan to impose a new carbon tax. The tax would jack up the price of gas, electricity and everything else. Yesterday, three Liberal MPs distanced themselves from their leader when they supported a Conservative motion to protect Canadian farmers against a punitive carbon tax.

Carbon Tax Proposal  Today the Conservative MPs at the agriculture committee voted to protect Canadian farmers from the devastating effects of a carbon tax. The bad news for Canadian farmers is that one of the Liberal MPs voted in favour of the carbon tax. The bad news for the Leader of the Opposition is that three Liberals, his own agriculture critic, the member for Mississauga—Erindale and the member for Brant, all voted against the carbon tax.

Carbon Tax Proposal  Edmonton Journal columnist Lorne Gunter wrote: “Just watch. Soon [he] will begin insisting he never promised to avoid carbon taxes”. But the Liberal leader was adamant, even writing in a letter to the editor that his plan “will not include a carbon tax”. In October he returned to Edmonton to speak to a business crowd and promised that “there will be no carbon tax”.

The Environment  He says, “It doesn't matter who occupies the White House, the Americans will rush, in my view, to put a price on carbon. I think we should beat them to it”. We do not support a carbon tax.

Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada  This should surprise no one. The self-described tax and spend Liberal was the first in his party to call for a carbon tax on everything. He said he would raise the GST and he has admitted that he would “have to raise taxes”. Why he would raise taxes is also very clear. He needs money to pay for all his billion dollar spending promises: a 45-day work year, bullet trains, a national power grid, a permanent secretariat for international meetings, and now the latest, billions in a new environmental scheme.

The Environment  That is why we are preparing for a new climate change pact. The member needs to get on board, and not support a carbon tax that is being supported and proposed by the Liberals.

The Environment  Will this government continue to turn a deaf ear to the calls of the investors who are demanding clear regulations and a carbon tax in order to be able to invest in the future?

Taxation  The Liberal leader describes himself as a tax and spend Liberal. He says he wants to increase the GST. He was the first Liberal to argue for a carbon tax on everything. Why would the Liberal leader want to make it harder for Canadians to pay their bills and provide for their families? It is simple. He needs more money to pay for all of the big ticket spending projects he has promised.

Taxation  This is not surprising, as he proudly calls himself a tax and spend Liberal. He wants to hike the GST, and he was the first Liberal out of the gate to call for a carbon tax on everything. Could the award-winning finance minister of the year inform the House on the latest news of the Liberal leader's tax hike agenda?

Bill C-311--Climate Change Accountability Act  Other countries are talking about targets and scientific observations, but also something else. Europe is considering imposing a carbon tax, an import tax for countries that do not respect their international climate change commitments. What does that mean for companies in Quebec and for Quebec? That means that because the rest of Canada is delinquent and Canada is a delinquent country when it comes to fighting climate change, companies in Quebec that have reduced their greenhouse gas emissions by 10% or more, risk having their exports taxed because the oil industry is a polluting and delinquent industry.