The Environment  Speaker, the leader opposite talks about lies. I would like to talk about the truth. He said last year, “There will be no carbon tax”. He said also: A carbon tax is less effective...at reducing emissions. Some...have suggested that a carbon tax would be the most effective measure to curb climate pollution. This is simply bad policy-- Even now the Liberal website states, “We do not favour a carbon tax where money is transferred from companies to the federal government and is lost in general revenue”.

The Environment  This is simply bad policy... A carbon tax “is simply bad policy”. Who said that? It was not someone in our party. It was the flip-flopping Liberal leader. He said that he was completely opposed to a carbon tax. Now he wants to impose the mother of all taxes on Canadians.

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  In short, the cost of gasoline and diesel fuel affects the day-to-day lives of the residents of Leeds—Grenville and they have no other options. That is why the residents of Leeds—Grenville rejected a carbon tax and why the residents of Leeds—Grenville will always reject a carbon tax. Their daily lives rely on gasoline, diesel and other energy. Residents of Leeds—Grenville are also concerned about energy.

Automotive Industry  I find it passing strange that the hon. member's own party in the last election wanted to impose a carbon tax on people in this country. How are they going to buy cars when they have the carbon tax in the Liberal Party? That is wrong-headed thinking, but typical of the Liberal Party.

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  I am wondering if he can explain why the Liberals would bring forward such regressive policies, such as a carbon tax. A carbon tax would penalize agriculture producers from one end of this country to the other because of increased input costs not only for fuel but it would also dramatically drive up the cost of fertilizers.

House debate  The Liberal carbon tax plan is leaving a lot of people worried. Indeed, just the other day the Liberal Premier of Ontario formally rejected a regressive plan like his federal cousins. I ask the Liberal member from Ontario if she has had a chance to consult with the businesses, seniors and those on fixed incomes in her riding and answered the questions we are all asking: How much would the Liberal carbon tax increase gas prices?

Finance committee  There's growing opposition to it. When people talked about a carbon tax before, they talked about it at $1. I've put this question on the table: Did anybody ever envision a 30¢ carbon tax, because now it's $1.30 a litre? We visited one member in Fredericton during the flood.

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I will tell the member who says that a carbon tax plan is crazy and who that says a carbon tax is bad policy. On November 25, 2006, a quote in The Toronto Star reads, it is “simply bad policy”, he says of a carbon tax. Who said that?

The Environment  It is nothing but a carbon tax trick and Canadians know that.

Canada-U.S. Relations  It says, “We do not believe that carbon taxes can be truly revenue neutral”. The revenue neutrality claim is another false Liberal accusation.

The Environment  Could the government clarify for the Liberal leader and all Canadians just how a carbon tax would impact every Canadian?

The Environment  Right around the country, though, provincial premiers are coming out saying they do not agree with the carbon tax. My premier, Dalton McGuinty, does not agree with the carbon tax. The Premier of Nova Scotia today came out against the Liberals' carbon tax proposal. One after another they have come out and they want absolute reductions, not a game of tax flim-flam from the Liberal Party.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We heard when we were up north that fuel prices increased by $85 million under the current government. We're talking about a carbon tax here, and I am not aware that a carbon tax has been introduced into the House of Commons, that it's part of the discussion. I don't know what the parameters of the carbon tax are. What are we talking about?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would propose that we amendment this motion. Where it says “study on the impacts of a carbon tax upon rural Aboriginal and Northern communities”, I would suggest that we remove the word “carbon tax” and just talk about this--“study on the impacts of the high cost of living upon rural Aboriginal and Northern communities as it relates to the committee's broader study of northern economic development”.

House debate  He realized that the only way to achieve those goals would be to impose a huge new tax, a carbon tax that would then enable him to make ends meet. The Liberals have promised Canadians over the last year, on 10 different occasions, that they would not bring in a carbon tax. Now they say this is something that they are seriously considering, that they want to make it a core policy and presentation in their election platform.