0:01 Mr. Speaker, the prime minister has
0:04 tried to deny the existence of continued
0:07 hidden Liberal taxes on groceries. But
0:09 Canada's leading food price expert, the
0:12 food professor, Svensh Lavois, has said
0:14 the exact opposite. He says, and I
0:16 quote, "The industrial carbon tax, the
0:18 worst part is still there." He was
0:20 referring to the fact that farmers pay
0:22 the tax on the steel that goes into
0:25 their their farm equipment, combines,
0:27 tractors, and bins, and on their
0:29 fertilizer. Is the prime minister really
0:30 going to expect Canadians who can't pay
0:33 their grocery bills to believe that the
0:35 cost of the carbon tax on our farmers
0:37 does not get passed on at the grocery shelf?
0:38 shelf? >> No.
0:40 >> No.
0:46 M uh Mr. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker, uh
0:47 I'm going to quote I'm going to quote
0:49 independent research, Mr. Speaker of the
0:52 Canadian Climate Institute, which finds
0:54 that the impact of the industrial carbon
0:56 tax, now wait for it, wait for it, the
0:58 net impact of the industrial carbon tax
1:02 on food prices, it is on average around 0%.
1:04 0%.
1:06 Speaker, the prime minister expects us
1:09 to believe governmentf funded so-called
1:12 experts paid to push his agenda instead
1:15 of believing in the obvious fact that
1:17 when you tax the things that go into
1:20 making food, you tax all who buy food.
1:21 This is a prime minister who says he's a
1:25 great expert, but he told CTV Nova
1:28 Scotia that Canadians don't use steel anymore.
1:29 anymore.
1:31 >> Does he not acknowledge? Does he not
1:34 know that there is steel in farm
1:38 tractors, farm combines, farm bins, and
1:40 other farm equipment? And does he not
1:42 think for God's sakes that those costs
1:43 get passed on to consumers?
1:45 >> Thank you. Uh thank you very much, Mr.
1:48 Speaker. The the the folks are feisty
1:50 over there today. What I will say is
1:53 we've been hearing all week, all month,
1:54 since the beginning of this session
1:57 about these imaginary taxes. these
2:00 imaginary taxes in the brain of the
2:02 leader of the opposition but that no one
2:05 else has seemed to seem to manage. What
2:07 I will tell him is that there will be a
2:09 budget. There will be some numbers and
2:11 some tables that he can read there where
2:14 he will not find taxes on food. There is
2:16 no tax on food. There will never be a
2:19 tax on food. Well, first we're all
2:21 disappointed to to learn that Liberals
2:23 think that Canadians who see grocery
2:26 prices rising at records rates are just
2:29 imagining things, Mr. Speaker. And
2:32 further further disappointed to see that
2:34 this prime minister cannot stand in his
2:37 place and address real questions about
2:40 the cost of groceries for Canadians.
2:42 It's not just the industrial carbon tax,
2:45 Mr. Speaker. It is also the government's
2:47 fuel standard which according to their
2:50 own department is going to increase the
2:53 cost of fuel by 17 cents on the farmers
2:55 and the truckers who bring us our food.
2:56 Does he really expect consumers to
2:58 believe that won't
3:00 >> It's the same thing with the auto
3:01 sector. He promised that he would
3:03 negotiate a win. He promised to get a
3:07 rapid deal. Still no win. Still no deal.
3:10 Elbows gone missing and so are the jobs.
3:12 >> Mr. Speaker, there's no there's no I in
3:14 team, but apparently there's an I in
3:16 conservative team in conservative.
3:18 There's a team on these benches.
3:20 >> This government is in a position with
3:23 the best accord with the Americans. We
3:24 have the lowest tariff on the auto sector.
3:41 >> Yeah. the hon the right honorable prime
3:50 >> Mr. Speaker,
3:52 >> Mr. Speaker, there's no I in team, but
3:55 there is an I in conservative. There is
3:57 a team and there is a team in Liberal
3:59 that can answer these questions. And
4:00 this is what the Liberal team has
4:02 accomplished. We have the best deal with
4:04 the Americans of any country. We have
4:07 the lowest tariff on our automobiles and
4:09 trucks of any country. But we are not
4:11 satisfied. That is why we are
4:14 negotiating a new accord on steel, on
4:17 aluminum, on energy and on auto.
4:18 >> Here, [cheering]
4:22 >> honorable leader of the opposition.
4:22 Mr. [applause] >> Speaker,
4:23 >> Speaker,
4:26 the question was about jobs and he he
4:28 responds with a spelling bee. Mr.
4:30 Speaker, [laughter]
4:31 this is the guy who's supposed to
4:33 negotiate a win for us. A guy who said
4:37 he'd have a deal by July 21st. He's the
4:39 guy who said he's had his elbows up and
4:42 since that time his elbows have gone
4:44 missing. Mr. Speaker, the Canadian
4:48 people need those jobs. He promised he
4:50 would protect those jobs. Will he stand
4:53 up today, look the auto workers in
4:56 Ontario and Quebec in the eye and tell
4:57 them why he abandoned them and sold them out?
