Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1   have an opportunity to discuss a whole range of problems in terms of the government's economic plan, problems that are well summed up in that quotation. I am going to address as many of them today as time allows, the first being the carbon tax and the carbon tax cover-up. We have

Committees of the House   for a government to impose a tax without revealing what that tax will cost people. As a result, we in the opposition are of the view that the government is engaged in what many Canadians are now calling a carbon tax cover-up. We believe that the government should end the carbon tax cover-up

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, the finance department has calculated the cost of the federally imposed carbon tax on the average Canadian family. I obtained the documents; it is just that all the numbers are blacked out. Now, many are calling it a cover-up, a carbon tax cover-up. The Prime

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, our plan actually reduced greenhouse gases while reducing taxes at the same time. The carbon tax cover-up continues. The government refuses to tell Canadians what the government knows. The Liberals have calculated how much the average family will pay. They have

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, the question was how much the carbon tax would cost the average Canadian fishing family. There was no answer. The carbon tax cover-up continues. The government admits that gas prices will go up at least 11¢ a litre, that it will cost on average about $200 more

Business of Supply   the iron is either still parked in the yard or gone. Where has it gone? It has gone to the United States. We are selling rigs at the pace of one a week out of Canada and into the United States. This is all about the carbon tax cover-up. The Liberal government will not reveal

The Environment   to break both of those promises with the carbon tax cover-up. Not only has he already raised income taxes on 80% of middle-class Canadians, he now wants to charge them a carbon tax and cover up how much it will cost them. Why does he not keep his promise, end the carbon tax cover-up

Carbon Pricing   transparently by simply disclosing the information ahead of time. What we have been calling a carbon tax cover-up for several years is related to documents the government has in its possession demonstrating the cost impact, for the average Canadian family, of a $10-, $20-, $30-, $40

Business of Supply   the government to end its carbon tax cover-up and finally tell Canadians how much more families will have to pay when it comes into effect. Here are a few examples of concerns I heard from some of my constituents. Joe from Carlyle commented, “I am a farmer in the Carlyle area and I have

Business of Supply   the government's current procurement processing capacity, so we know they will not be able to get to that. Perhaps they can protect us from North Korean missiles with more announcements and speeches. It turns out that my staff wanted me to talk about the carbon tax cover-up. I wish they had

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise today to debate a motion from our caucus dealing specifically with the carbon tax cover-up. The government has introduced a national carbon tax, which it is trying to impose on Canadians, even in cases where the provinces object

Business of Supply   that deals with the carbon tax cover-up. The motion itself reads: That, given the Liberal government made a specific campaign promise to Canadians that “government data and information should be open by default, in formats that are modern and easy to use”, the House hereby order

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, the carbon tax cover-up continues. For many Canadians life is becoming more expensive thanks to the Liberal carbon tax. However, of course the millionaire Prime Minister does not get it, because as he said, “I no longer have dealings with the way our family

Business of Supply   still believes they are the right thing to do. Then we have the carbon tax cover-up. The government has released documents containing the true cost of the present carbon tax proposal. There is only one problem: It blacked out all of the numbers. Why would the government do

Business of Supply   on ice. He also attempted to take away the disability tax credit from diabetics. These tax hikes will all be back if he is re-elected, when he will no longer need voters but will still need their money. Then we have the carbon tax cover-up. It started with the blacking out