Senator Plett: Again, hiding the cost. Why not just answer my question? Why not get the information? Answer the questions you are asked. You say that we are partisan and that we are frustrating to you. Yet, you refuse to answer any of our questions. You do not even come close.

On May 24, Minister Guilbeault promised the four Atlantic premiers that he would provide them with information in two weeks, leader, about how much of a burden the Prime Minister’s second carbon tax will be on their people. Those two weeks have come and gone, yet the provinces are still looking for answers from the Trudeau government. Leader, July 1 is just around the corner. Minister Guilbeault must know how much the second carbon tax will cost Canadians — or does he? Is he simply flying by the seat of his pants? Why hasn’t he had the courtesy to provide the information to the premiers, as promised? Why don’t you have the courtesy to give us the answers?

Why hasn’t your government had the sense to cancel this punitive and inflationary carbon tax?

Hon. Marc Gold (Government Representative in the Senate): Thank you for the question. I’m glad that you received your answer a few short months after the question was posed. I’m not in a position to know the answer to your question, nor do I know whether the information was communicated in the context of cabinet confidence. I will certainly make inquiries, and that is all I can undertake to do at this juncture.