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House Hansard - 47

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 28, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 47 - Mar/28/22
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Mar/28/22 4:01:17 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Madam Speaker, personally speaking, I have never seen the federal government start to encroach on the jurisdiction of Quebec or the provinces and then express regret and step back. I get the impression that by encroaching on the property tax domain, the government is putting one foot in Quebec's taxation jurisdiction, and the next step will be to dance on the grave of provincial fiscal jurisdictions. I would like my colleague to tell me if the federal government should refrain from encroaching on this, the last untouched area of exclusive provincial jurisdiction.
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Context: House Hansard - 47 - Mar/28/22
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Mar/28/22 4:14:54 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Madam Speaker, when I go to my riding, Mirabel, I meet with mayors there. They tell me they want to diversify their revenue sources and are concerned about the future of the federal gas tax fund because the transition is coming. When I chat with municipal administrators, they have no interest in seeing the federal government interfere in their area of taxation. I wonder if the same is true in my colleague's province.
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Context: House Hansard - 47 - Mar/28/22
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Mar/28/22 5:49:19 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Madam Speaker, in our view, Bill C-8 represents a significant encroachment on provincial tax jurisdictions. This new tax on underused housing infringes on the property taxation jurisdiction. The Bloc Québécois proposed an amendment at the Standing Committee on Finance. We asked that Quebec and the provinces be given the right to opt out, so that the provinces could tell the federal government not to encroach on their areas of jurisdiction. The Liberal committee chair of the Standing Committee on Finance ruled the amendment inadmissible, which meant that it could not even be debated. Does my colleague think it would have been a good idea to give the provinces the right to opt out on property taxation?
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