Since being elected I have said I would be a strong voice for the constituents of Saskatoon – Grasswood and Canadian taxpayers.

The Prime Minister and his Liberal government will be imposing a national carbon pricing scheme on all jurisdictions across Canada by 2018, despite having promised to work collaboratively with provinces and territories.
Our Premier, Brad Wall, is very outspoken in his opposition to this massive carbon tax grab on Canadians that will not achieve our climate change goals. I agree with Premier Wall and I have taken every opportunity to speak out about this harmful approach to reaching climate targets and I will continue to do so.
The following are two statements I made in the House of Commons in which I express my objection to the job killing carbon tax.

HANSARD
February 19, 2016
Mr. Kevin Waugh (Saskatoon—Grasswood, CPC):

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister continues to fly over Saskatchewan. Perhaps he should stop in and feel the pain this province is undergoing right now. Saskatchewan continues to contribute, even in these tough economic times.

Saskatchewan businesses were in Ottawa this week, not looking for handouts but pleading with the current government to stop its job-killing tax schemes. Saskatchewan wants to be competitive, and that does not include a carbon tax. Why do the Liberals insist, then, on inflicting crippling taxes that will send more people to the unemployment lines?

HANSARD
November 2, 2016
Mr. Kevin Waugh (Saskatoon—Grasswood, CPC):

Mr. Speaker, Premier Wall penned a letter to the Minister of Public Safety urging him to speak up for the people he is supposed to represent. The Liberal carbon tax scheme will cost Saskatchewan jobs, yet the minister from Wascana continues to support this tax on Saskatchewan families.
When will the Minister of Public Safety remember that he was elected to represent the people of Saskatchewan in Ottawa rather than forcing an Ottawa-knows-best scheme on the families of Saskatchewan?

What Justin Trudeau has proposed will cost individual taxpayers thousands of dollars every year.

I have also brought this up on two other occasions in the House of Commons.

This wrongheaded approach is not even close to revenue neutral for everyday working people and their families.
Now, I should be clear, it is not just no we don’t like the carbon tax idea. The province is finding innovative solutions towards our climate change goals. For example, the SaskPower’s carbon capture project at Boundary Dam uses carbon capture, transportation and storage technology. This project is the first commercial-scale CCS project of its kind in the world. It reduces the SO2 emissions from the coal process by 100 per cent and the CO2 by at least 90 per cent. It captures more than 1,400,000 tonnes of CO2 every year, which is the same as taking 350,000 cars off our roads. This impressive and it is only one of the projects going forward. Earlier this month Husky Energy Inc. announced it is increasing its investment in carbon capture and storage technology at its Pikes Peak facility. The company hopes it will make its expanding heavy oil operations in Saskatchewan more environmentally friendly.

The NDP support this new carbon tax grab. In fact Charlie Angus, MP, Timmins-James Bay, one of the leadership candidates joked about Brad Wall’s opposition during their leadership debate, here in Saskatoon. He said, “The guy, no offence, but he is like the man violently defending the future of the typewriter when everyone else has moved to cell phones.”
Well, Mr. Angus, Brad Wall has been the premier of Saskatchewan for the last nine years. He has seen us through some tough times and I believe he knows what is best for the people of Saskatchewan. He does not need advice from a back-bencher from northern Ontario.

The Prime Minister promised a new-era of cooperative federalism; instead he’s using a sledge hammer to force provinces and territories to impose a massive tax grab against their will.

Rest assured I will continue to make my voice heard.