Member Statement (22 April 2024)

From Hansard (22 April 2024)

 

Opposition Position on Carbon Tax

Mr. Jenson: — Mr. Speaker, all session the NDP leader has been desperately trying to convince voters that they don’t support the Trudeau-Singh carbon tax, but her actions don’t match her words. Last week she flew to a meeting in Ottawa to plot strategy to get Trudeau and Singh re-elected. You know who else was at that meeting, Mr. Speaker? Trudeau and Singh.

Now did she tell Jagmeet Singh to vote against the budget, a budget that still includes a carbon tax? I’m pretty sure she didn’t, Mr. Speaker. And even if she did, it was just for show because she knows full well Jagmeet Singh will never ever disobey his boss, Justin Trudeau.

Mr. Speaker, it’s now clear whose side the NDP is on, and it’s not Saskatchewan’s. They support the carbon tax. Their leader flies to a meeting in Ottawa to help him get re-elected. The NDP is Trudeau’s choice for Saskatchewan. Trudeau wants a government he can control like he controls Jagmeet Singh and the federal NDP. That’s exactly what an NDP government here would be. A vote for the NDP is a vote for Trudeau.

But the good news is, Mr. Speaker, Saskatchewan people will never let Trudeau control Saskatchewan like he controls the NDP.

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