Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Actually, it was for a program to have food in schools because that is something that has to be done nationally, not locally and not provincially. It is done nationally. In Calgary, food bank usage is up significantly, and their carbon tax is up significantly. Does my colleague draw any connection here to the pain the Liberal government has caused Canadians?

Public Accounts committee  Yes. A one-time change in a tax leads to a one-time change. If we were to eliminate the carbon tax outright, it would have a one-time impact. That's correct.

Carbon Tax  Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, we continue to see the carbon tax increases escalate the cost of food. Over two million Canadians are now using food banks, and this is expected to rise by a million. Throughout southeast Saskatchewan, the level of use is exponentially increasing.

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Let us just dissolve Parliament, have a carbon tax election, and let us see if that member will even come back.

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I am wondering if the member can give her thoughts regarding the NDP's position on the price of pollution. Does the member feel that the NDP is still in favour of having the carbon tax and rebate system that we currently have?

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  That is the first carbon tax. The second carbon tax is a fuel standard that the Parliamentary Budget Officer says is going to add 17¢ a litre in the coming years. There are zero rebates for anyone, anywhere on that.

Agriculture committee  I'm going to read this to you, colleagues: That the committee report the letters it received from agricultural stakeholders, the Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities regarding the 23% carbon tax increase on April 1 to the House for its consideration in debate on Bill C-234. That is what Mr. MacGregor has moved. We're going to proceed to a recorded vote on the amendment.

Agriculture committee  I think there's a place for everything, but we can't force it. I understand, Dr. Mussell, that you've been working on policies around the carbon tax not being a punitive policy, perhaps, and that we should look at things that reward farmers for some of the things they're doing, rather than punishing them. Can you talk a little bit about some of the policy ideas the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute is looking at that would be more of a carrot than a stick?

Agriculture committee  I would just like to call for a vote as to whether or not we would support tabling these letters, which, again, represent tens of thousands of our stakeholders, highlighting the impact the carbon tax is having on their operations. I would like us to table those letters in the House of Commons to make that official, and I'd just call for a vote if everyone's good with that.

Agriculture committee  It is as follows: “That the committee report the letters it received from agricultural stakeholders, the Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities regarding the 23% carbon tax increase on April 1 to the House for its consideration in debate on Bill C-234. It's just a simple to-the-point motion. I'm okay with having a vote on this, but I think it's important to understand what this would result in, procedurally, in the House.

Agriculture committee  Then he goes immediately down to the bottom of the piece and would add, after the text of paragraph “a)”, “regarding the 23% carbon tax increase on April 1 to the House for its consideration in debate on Bill C-234.” That's what I had. Go ahead, Mr. MacGregor, if we're wrong.

Agriculture committee  However, what was frustrating for this ranch owner—we were riding horses throughout his property—is that his feed bill for his animals went up $1,000 in one delivery, and that $1,000 was completely as a result of the carbon tax on trucking. We'd like to highlight the fact that this carbon tax is having a detrimental impact on people in Canadian agriculture and their ability to stay in business. This is a family rancher.

Transport committee  The government's plan is to show all fees and taxes on airline tickets, for transparency to Canadians. Will that include notation of the carbon tax as well?

Agriculture committee  When you interact with retailers on their choices to bring in imported produce versus Canadian produce, be it fresh or processed—I know our intersection was on the processed side, while presently you're here more in the fresh capacity—what is their reaction to additional plastics burden costs and carbon tax issues that the farmers and producers face? How is that taken into account by the retailers?

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  We see so many who are struggling, and all they see is their costs going up under the punishing carbon tax regime and the tax and spend from the NDP-Liberal government. What they have also come to clearly understand is that this is a tax plan that has been sold to Canadians as an environmental plan.