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House Hansard - 43

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 22, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 43 - Mar/22/22
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
  • Mar/22/22 12:46:00 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am going to ask a question in the same vein as that from the member for Drummond. The ones really benefiting from the crisis right now are the oil companies, which are lining their pockets. The Conservatives' solution is to cut government revenues, when we need that money to help people. Why not go get the money where the money is, specifically in the oil companies' profits, to then be able to help ordinary people who are having a hard time right now?
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Context: House Hansard - 43 - Mar/22/22
Ms. Andréanne Larouche
  • Mar/22/22 1:53:03 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague talked about what his government has done with respect to green or energy-efficient retrofits. That is good. In the meantime, however, the numbers indicate that his government continues to invest heavily in the oil industry and in pipelines. Would it not be better to invest that money in programs that help the victims of inflation, people with fixed incomes like seniors, including by increasing old age security starting at age 65, instead of 75 like his government is preparing to do? Would it not be better to invest that money in the energy transition, in research and development, in much greener programs? If that money were invested in those two things, it would go a long way to helping people deal with the problem of inflation.
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