Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe Liberal MP Ginette Petitpas Taylor. Image: CPAC
Continued debate in the House of Commons in Ottawa over home heating costs.
New Brunswick Southwest Conservative MP John Williamson says families in Atlantic Canada are hardest hit by the Liberal’s carbon tax.
“On a year-over-year basis, families in New Brunswick are facing increases on their home heating bills of over 50 per cent. Liberals believe heat pumps will solve this problem, but their carbon taxes are already forcing families to choose between heating and eating,” Williamson said during Question Period on Monday.
“When will the Liberals do the right thing and cancel their carbon tax and give families in New Brunswick and Atlantic Canada the break they need this winter?”
Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe Liberal MP Ginette Petitpas Taylor, who is also the minister for ACOA, says we need to recognize that climate change is real.
New Brunswick Southwest Conservative MP John Williamson. Image: CPAC
“What is clear is that my colleagues on the opposite side of the house are suffering from the ostrich syndrome with their head in the sand. I think they really have to recognize that climate change is real and that we really have to take action,” Petitpas says.
“As the minister responsible for ACOA, I have seen first-hand the devastation on the ground, and I think really what we need right now in the province of New Brunswick is for the province to return the money on the federal tax to its constituents in New Brunswick as opposed to keeping it in the federal coffers. That’s really what would be helping Atlantic Canadians right now.”
Petitpas Taylor said visited Prince Edward Island after Fiona and saw the roof torn off of a school as a result of the storm.
“I have had the challenge of going to Atlantic Canada and meeting with some people that have really seen the destruction in their homes and in their businesses. It’s been really, really, really difficult to hear these personal stories. It’s truly important to make sure that we have a comprehensive plan to fight climate change because we are seeing the destruction is extremely real,” she says.
Williamson argues that the Liberal carbon tax is fueling inflation.
“Even the governor of the Bank of Canada says so. It is driving up the price of energy, it is driving up the price of food, it is driving up the price of life,” he says.
