Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, it is an honour to rise again in the House. I will be splitting my time with the member for Milton. It is a little frustrating that again we have a motion where we are debating the carbon tax in this place. As I suggested in a speech last Thursday, when we keep

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to move a study motion. I think the clerk may have a copy of it. I move: That, the committee begin a study, of at least five meetings, examining the impact Canada's carbon tax is having in the nation's continued decline in productivity as noted

Industry committee  The committee's refusing to accept the motion to do a study, as I outlined, on the carbon tax and its impact on our economy.

Industry committee   this meeting to happen yesterday, as per the rules of the House of Commons. In an effort of collegiality, I said, “No, I'll move it to today in order to work with the fellow Liberals.” Apparently the Liberals want to shut down any discussion about the harm that their carbon tax is having

Business of Supply   was surprised to see that. I am unsure why that was the case. It makes it more difficult for me to consider supporting it. My question to the member is specifically on the third part of the motion with respect to a windfall profits tax on oil and gas companies. As he knows, the carbon tax

Business of Supply   are disproportionately affected by the carbon tax. The people of York—Simcoe were shocked to learn that we are now considered as part of Toronto. We are the soup and salad bowl of Canada, the ice fishing capital of Canada. I know I have invited the member to come ice fishing, and he has not taken me

Business of Supply   that Conservatives do not believe in a price on pollution anymore; instead, they are taking the bumper sticker policy of axing the carbon tax. That is what the Conservative Party of today is saying. That is what I mean by reckless. To get a sense of the degree to which the Conservatives

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I find it very interesting and somewhat tragic, actually. The Liberals have admitted their carbon tax simply does not work. The New Democrats are now scrambling to try to differentiate themselves from their coalition partners. The implications that this has

Business of Supply  What is tragic, Madam Speaker, is that any time we have reached out to work with Conservatives to reduce the tax on home heating in a way that is actually fair, they have said no. Why is that? It is because they have built a political campaign around the carbon tax

Points of Order   a number of questions about the opposition motion to provide relief from the carbon tax for all Canadians' home heating regardless of the source of heat, which was debated on Thursday and voted upon yesterday afternoon. Canadians are struggling with the cost of living. They are looking

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to rise to contribute to what I think has become a really convoluted debate about the carbon tax, and I hope to offer a little clarity. To start, I want to be very clear about what today's motion is about, which is to remove the GST from all

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I want to try to find common ground. I think the leader of the NDP and I would both agree that the carbon tax disproportionately affects rural Canadians more than urban Canadians. My riding of York—Simcoe is now classified as urban. I think the leader of the NDP

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, the leader of the NDP said that his caucus would be voting against the divisive decision by the Prime Minister to pause the pain of the carbon tax for just 3% of Canadians, while doing nothing for the rest. However, in yesterday's vote, the member for Hamilton

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, Manitoba's new NDP premier has joined the course calling on the Liberals to pause the carbon tax. After eight long years, everyone knows that the Prime Minister is just not worth the cost and that his Liberal MPs in Winnipeg are failing Manitobans. Yesterday

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, after eight years we now have the socialists, the separatists and the Prime Minister, who is just not worth the cost. They are all part of this costly carbon tax coalition that is leaving Canadians out in the cold. The rural affairs minister recently told