The Environment  Mr. Speaker, no matter what we call it, a carbon tax is a trick. It will raise the price of everything, including food, electricity, home heating, and gas at the pumps. It will devastate young families, seniors and people on fixed incomes.

The Environment  If rural Canadians heat their home with oil, the Liberal message is: shift happens. If the Liberals succeed with their carbon tax trick, Canadians will be: shift out of luck.

Gasoline Prices  What we will not do and what will clearly hurt Canadian families is go around imposing carbon taxes at this time on all kinds of fuel. The Leader of the Opposition told his own party during the leadership race that he would never impose a carbon tax, that it was bad policy. It is not surprising that all those leadership rivals have left the country this week.

Justice  I stepped up for them. I said that it was probably due to the fact they had been proposing a carbon tax for the last two years, so they had not had time to focus on this. I assured her that fighting crime in our country and standing up for law-abiding citizens and victims would continue to be a priority of this Conservative government.

The Economy  The Conservative government knows that one of the best ways to stimulate the economy is to cut taxes while putting money into shovel ready projects. However, someone wants to bring a burdensome carbon tax that would kill jobs and have a negative impact on the Canadian economy, while at the same time this someone wants to slow down the process of putting shovels in the ground and getting infrastructure projects started.

Points of Order  I might just quote this: That the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food study the effects of a carbon tax and any other broad based environmental tax and ensure that Canadian farmers are not saddled with a carbon tax which would further increase their input costs and hurt their competitiveness.

Agriculture  Could the agriculture minister tell the House how the Liberal leader's plan for this new massive carbon tax would also affect farmers in my riding and across Canada?

Natural Resources committee  And while I'll grant you that some of the mills have converted to using biomass, once the costs start working their way back into the food chain or to the inputs that are coming into those mills, a carbon tax on the fuel is going to grind these people right to a halt. I'm just amazed to be hearing some of the statements I'm hearing, especially when other countries now are very much debating how positive these carbon taxes are—as is rural B.C., as well.

Natural Resources committee  I do not think we have to have a clear precise opinion on this motion immediately. This is a very complex subject and we have to look at what the consequences of a carbon tax would be. Should we do as Quebec, as British Columbia, or as Europe is proposing? There are so many ways of acting. What are we talking about when we talk about a carbon tax? We do not know, but we are about to vote for or against!

Natural Resources committee  Okay: A carbon tax will have a negative impact on Canada's traditional industries, like forestry, and will eliminate jobs. The committee recommends, therefore, that the federal government reject any plans for new carbon taxes.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I agree with Mr. Alghabra that the carbon tax is ridiculous, but I do wish to correct the record, in that the Standing Committee on Agriculture put forth the motion that they study the negative effects of a carbon tax or a broad-based environment tax.

Natural Resources committee  The committee recommends, therefore, that the federal government reject any plans for new carbon taxes. Mr. Chair, I am more than willing to amend it to eliminate a lot of the more flowery language in the centre. I would be more than willing if the committee would see fit to amend it so that it says that the committee report the following to the House at the earliest opportunity—

Agriculture committee  He's not sure if it's a green shift or a tax or what it is. I believe that what was done in British Columbia was a carbon tax. It was called a carbon tax. And I believe this is the wording that should be used.

Agriculture committee  I'll read it one more time: That the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food study the effects of a carbon tax or any broad-based environmental tax and ensure Canadian farmers are not saddled with a carbon tax which would further increase their input costs and hurt their competitiveness. Does everybody understand the terms of the amendment?

Agriculture committee  Lauzon's motion has absolutely no urgency attached to it, and unless his government decides to bring in a carbon tax, there's absolutely no potential for a carbon tax to be foisted on farmers over the summer, over the fall, and not until after the next election. I would ask for unanimous consent, Mr.