Global Warming  This brings us to one of the things we have talked about so much tonight, which is a price on pollution. Yes, there are many different ways one can go about tackling reductions in greenhouse gases and pollution. It can be done through the cap and trade model or putting a price on pollution.

Global Warming  The study of three provinces suggests that those households, particularly at the lower end of the income spectrum, would end up better off under this plan. The amount they receive would rise over time, in line with the direct price on pollution, which will start at $20 per tonne next January and rise to $50 per tonne in 2022. In my remaining time, I want to reiterate that the concept of the environment and the economy going together is not a partisan issue.

The Environment  Putting a price on pollution lets everyone see the cost so we can do something about it. Unlike the Conservative Party, whose plan is to make pollution free again, we are making life more expensive for polluters and more affordable for Canadians.

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, we are putting a price on pollution. We know that putting a price on pollution is the most efficient way of actually reducing pollution and spurring the kind of innovation that we need in Canada to prepare for the economy of tomorrow.

Carbon Pricing  How cynical. The Liberals say that they want to set a price on pollution, but refuse to make polluters pay. What is that all about? Is the Prime Minister's plan to pretend to protect the environment while giving handouts to big polluters?

Environment committee  We're just trying to talk about a price on pollution or carbon pricing. What is it that you might be able to add as part of the discussion in terms of recommendations for us?

Natural Resources committee  In Alberta and throughout Canada, we've had major oil companies like Cenovus, Suncor, CNRL, Husky, Shell and pipeline companies like TransCanada and Enbridge all call for putting a price on pollution. They believe that's where the puck is heading, and that to be more efficient they need to see this come into play in this country. Are you working with these organizations to move competitiveness issues forward, on how we're instituting a price on pollution and how it affects our businesses?

Carbon Pricing  Every political party in Quebec, both federal and provincial, supports carbon pricing. Why does the federal Conservative Party and the member from Quebec not support a price on pollution? We know that we must tackle climate change and that there is a cost to pollution. I hope that the member will listen to Quebeckers, who want us to address climate change, want a price on pollution and want a clean economy.

Carbon Pricing  Canadians are paying the price for pollution now. The Conservatives should come up with a plan and start taking the issue seriously.

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, we have already said that there is going to be a price on pollution, and everyone is going to pay the price on pollution, whether one is a big industrial emitter or a small business. We are also going to help small businesses save money. When one is more energy efficient, one actually saves money.

Carbon Pricing  Speaker, I thank the member opposite for allowing me to remind the House that we are actually giving a 10% top-up to small and rural communities because we know that we need to make sure that everyone has the proper support as we move forward with a price on pollution. Specifically, our plan to put a price on pollution will encourage companies to innovate and pollute less, while ensuring they create good jobs for Canadians. Our system sets aside $1.45 billion from pollution pricing in order to support small and medium-sized businesses, because we know that small and medium-sized businesses are—

Environment committee  And, therefore, we don't need a price on pollution. Sorry, I should have corrected that. You're right. I am happy to correct that, Mr. Chair. They had said that, because there are other options, we therefore don't need a price on pollution.

Environment committee  Ms. Turcotte, I heard you talk about scientists and Nobel Prize winners supporting a price on pollution, and then you look at the United States and see that large oil companies, such as Exxon, support putting a price on pollution. In fact, Exxon has been quoted saying that pricing pollution “is one policy option being considered by policymakers that offers the best prospects for progress at the lowest economic cost to society”.

Carbon Pricing  Speaker, again, I think my hon. friend is perhaps somewhat confused, with Stephen Harper's lack of a plan for 10 years. We have been very clear that putting a price on pollution is one of the most effective ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. My hon. friend thinks that pollution should be free, and he would take back money from hard-working middle-class Canadians that we will be giving them by putting a price on pollution.

Environment committee  Mr. Warawa alluded that for B.C. there was no difference, essentially, in putting a price on pollution. Mr. Balasubramanian, we just recently heard from a Nobel laureate in economics who referred specifically to British Columbia's price on pollution as a great example of effective climate policy.