Replying to Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Bloc Québécois). The question was off topic, so this reply is judged against the motion.
“Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague, whom I hold in high regard and who, I would point out, knows his figures. Whenever he looks closely at public finances, we can always be sure that he will uncover wasteful spending by this federal government, as he demonstrated in his speech. One of the most glaring examples of wasteful government spending was when the federal government used the money from the carbon tax, which it had scrapped, to issue a rebate. Quebec had paid for that, but it never received anything in return. Does my colleague agree that providing a rebate of a tax that was never paid is a clear example of wasting public funds? I would like my colleague to answer this very specific question.”
Statement grade
F
The average of Signal, Relevance, Respect and Clarity is 68. The grade is held to 30, 30 above Relevance.
30 / 100, held down by Relevance
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Procedure 10%Claims 74%Positioning 15%
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Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 8 wordsI understand the issue the member has raised.ProcedureClaims · 58 wordsIt underscores what a debacle and poorly thought-out policy the carbon tax was from start to finish that the Liberal government kept in place for years, 1which Conservatives called on it to abolish.Of course, it technically has scrapped the consumer carbon tax, 2but has maintained a hidden industrial carbon tax that is increasing the cost of everything.3Positioning · 12 wordsTherefore, yes, I agree that it underscores total Liberal incompetence and mismanagement.PositioningOff point
