After the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) re-released its report on carbon pricing and rebates on Thursday, MPs in the House of Commons debated its findings.

“There's been another blow to the prime minister's carbon tax scheme,” said the Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer. [The report] shows yet again that Canadians are worse off under this tax. Here's what the total bill will be: When the NDP and Liberals finished quadrupling this tax, it will cost people in Ontario $1,400, $1,500 in Newfoundland and a whopping $2,000 in Saskatchewan,” Scheer added.

“Let me read you the first paragraph of the PBO report and I quote, ‘Considering only the fiscal impact of the federal fuel charge, PBO estimates that (the) average household in each of the backstop provinces in 2030-31 will see a net gain, receiving more from the Canada carbon rebate than the total amount they paid and (the) federal fuel charge and related GST,” retorted Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault.

“Well, once again, Liberal logic is on display and their math doesn't add up,” argued Conservative MP Lianne Rood. “It seems the Liberals have a hard time with basic concepts like, you know, reality — or how money works. So let me make this really simple… The PBO says Canadians are paying more in carbon tax and GST on top of the carbon tax than they get back in rebates.”

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