Debate on the price of pollution boiled over Thursday as Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre stated that the "carbon tax cover-up has now been exposed," during question period in the House of Commons. "The economic vandalism and carbon tax cover-up of this government has now been exposed," Poilievre alleged, saying that the Liberal government had "leaked out" the real figures and "the economic hit Canada will take — originally reported at $20 billion — with inflation it's $30 billion a year or almost $2,000 for every single family in Canada."