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May/6/22 10:14:38 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-19

Madam Speaker, I want to salute my colleague from Mégantic—L'Érable and thank him for his speech. Bill C‑19 is the first budget implementation bill introduced by the Minister of Finance, which would implement certain measures of the budget. This bill is more than 420 pages long and it extends far beyond the content of the budget. This bill talks about laws being enforced in space, in a galaxy not so far away. The next division talks about strip-searches in prison. Does my colleague think there is a legitimate reason to include all kinds of other bills in an already massive bill? Why does he think the government is choosing this approach?

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May/6/22 10:29:50 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-19

Madam Speaker, I would like to commend my colleague for his speech. The government is using Bill C-19 to implement a new tax on luxury items—

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May/6/22 10:30:09 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-19

Madam Speaker, the member for Winnipeg North is clearly on fire today, as is often the case. Back to the question I would like to ask my colleague. Bill C-19 establishes a tax for luxury items such as luxury cars, luxury boats and aircraft. People are either for or against this idea. The Bloc Québécois agrees with it. However, during the pre-study in committee, the government and public service representatives informed us that no impact study has been conducted on the jobs and sales numbers for this manufacturing sector. I would like to hear my colleague's views on that, but also, more specifically, on an aspect that is of great concern to us. The tax is supposed to apply to personal aircraft use. However, the structure of the tax suggests that it may apply to the business sector. Think of the mining companies that want to transport their workers. It will be difficult for them to opt out. Moreover, for everything that is exported, the tax will have to be paid first before being refunded—

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May/6/22 11:54:20 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the government is once again punishing our aerospace sector. It is proposing yet another tax on this sector through the luxury tax on private jets set out in its budget bill. The government wants companies to turn over 20% of their total sales and get reimbursed many months later if the aircraft ends up being exported. We are talking about making companies advance the government half a billion dollars. Will the minister fix this situation and stop burdening our businesses?

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May/6/22 11:55:27 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, he unfortunately picked the wrong page. The luxury tax is supposed to be charged to the wealthy who are buying private jets, but that is not how the bill will work in practice. For example, mining companies that buy a plane to transport workers rent it out when they are not using it. That is how these things work. Now, they will have to pay the tax if, one out of 10 times it is rented out, it is used for recreational purposes. A company that is transporting workers to the regions should not have to pay the same price as a billionaire heading south to an island on their private jet. Will the government make the bill more flexible?

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May/6/22 12:18:28 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-5

Mr. Speaker, I would ask you to call quorum. And the count having been taken:

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May/6/22 1:12:04 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-5

Madam Speaker, obviously, the members are so embarrassed by this filibuster that we do not have quorum in the House, even if we count the cameras that are on. Even the member for Winnipeg North is not in the chamber. I would ask you to call quorum.

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