Government Operations committee  Based on a study by the Bank of Canada that one of your colleagues quoted, the bank has estimated that the carbon tax contributes about 0.5% to inflation.

Government Operations committee  Okay. Now, let's say we get rid of the carbon tax and we go toward subsidies and regulations or try to do nothing. The U.S. has made it clear that there would be a border carbon adjustment. What would implementing that on the eight in 10 Canadians who would get it back under

Government Operations committee  It depends on exactly what is done in place of the carbon tax, but if we speak just about a carbon adjustment at the U.S. border, that would probably lead to an economic slowdown, and that could be significant, depending on the amount of the adjustment that the U.S. imposed

Government Operations committee  The Bank of Canada produced a report last year that said the carbon tax in general added about half a point to inflation. Would it be safe to assume that since the clean fuel standard also impacts the price of fuel and energy, which is one of the more significant contributing

Government Operations committee  Okay. In 30 seconds, I have a quick question: If the government is banning petrol vehicles, what's the point of the carbon tax?

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Chair. I appreciated all the questions and the discussion back and forth about the carbon tax. I'll continue on with it for a moment. Businesses in general don't receive a rebate, correct?

Government Operations committee  Yes, because that applies in addition to the carbon tax and regulations or mechanisms that the provinces, Quebec and British Columbia, in particular, have decided to implement to reduce greenhouse gases and that are different from the federal carbon pricing scheme.

Government Operations committee  So that would also include the food we eat, which is transported from the farm to the supermarket and from the supermarket to our homes, for example. The second carbon tax will apply to that and will thus have a direct impact on families.

Government Operations committee  That additional $0.17 per litre consumed will be added to the first carbon tax, won't it?

Government Operations committee  Yes, that's correct, in the provinces and territories where the carbon tax applies.

Government Operations committee  Yes, I think there was a report in 2013 or 2014 projecting the costs of climate emergencies. We've far exceeded what even your office has projected. Have you considered looking at offloading the subsidies and regulations, should there be no carbon tax, onto everyday people

Government Operations committee   countries have adopted different approaches from those of our government. This one has introduced carbon pricing, which we call a carbon tax, and has adopted a new approach, that of the Clean Fuel Regulations. I'm from Quebec. We know that the National Assembly adopted the carbon

Government Operations committee  I'm really glad that my colleagues have brought up the carbon tax. I have some comments and some questions that maybe you can help me with. At $170 per tonne, can you tell me what percentage of households would get a rebate on that?

Government Operations committee  My understanding is that all households will get a rebate. That's how the system is designed. The issue is whether they will get a rebate that exceeds what they have paid in carbon tax, whether directly or indirectly. My understanding is that it varies by province

Government Operations committee   Coyne in The Globe and Mail. He made a comment about your report, and I appreciate your report. He writes: The alternative to the carbon tax is not nothing, but something else—subsidies and regulations. And the cost of these, as every study shows—costs that are paid