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House Hansard - 24

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 4, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 24 - Feb/4/22
Ms. Christine Normandin (Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Feb/4/22 10:13:18 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. For starters, he said a lot about the underused housing tax. The Bloc Québécois completely agrees with this concept, but there is just one small problem. This is yet another federal incursion into an area of jurisdiction that has not been used so far: property tax. We think that, instead of interfering, it would make much more sense for the federal government to work with municipalities to provide them with information about the people who own buildings but do not live in them. Depending on their own situations, municipalities might even want to impose taxes on a broader base than that outlined in the bill and use the money for their own assets and infrastructure. I would like my colleague to comment on that.
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Context: House Hansard - 24 - Feb/4/22
Ms. Christine Normandin (Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Feb/4/22 1:18:41 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask my colleague from Edmonton Strathcona the same question I asked the member for Kitchener Centre earlier. The Bloc Québécois agrees with the NDP and the Green Party that underused housing should be taxed. What rubs us the wrong way, though, is the federal government grabbing a piece of the property tax pie, the one remaining area of jurisdiction it has not yet encroached on. I think it would be more appropriate for the federal government to work with municipalities, because they should be the ones collecting this tax and using it for their infrastructure. They could even target more people than Bill C‑8, which currently sets out a lot of exceptions. What are my colleague's thoughts on that?
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Context: House Hansard - 24 - Feb/4/22
Ms. Christine Normandin (Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Feb/4/22 2:06:01 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Mr. Speaker, I do not know what is going on, but the Conservative Party seems to be all over the place these past few days. This morning the member for Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles called for the streets to be cleared so that residents could get their city back. It is one thing to express an opinion and to protest, but it is a whole other thing to blockade a public roadway, which is illegal. I have a simple question and I would like it to be recorded in the Hansard. What does my colleague think about this? Is he condoning an illegal act?
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