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House Hansard - 68

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 10, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 68 - May/10/22
Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • May/10/22 2:21:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is spreading misinformation, and his bill is unconstitutional. Speaking of the cost of gasoline, the cost of gas is crippling Canadians and the NDP-Liberals have no plan to give Canadians a break. France, Japan, Italy, the U.K. and Germany are all cutting taxes on gas to help reduce the price. What is the government doing? It is doing nothing except raking in billions of dollars of extra cash, all on the backs of Canadians who are paying far too much at the pumps. When other countries are offering gas tax relief for their citizens, why is the Prime Minister increasing taxes and the cost of everything?
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Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • May/10/22 2:24:37 p.m.
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More disinformation, Mr. Speaker. On the contrary, the Parliamentary Budget Officer says that money will not end up back in the pockets of Canadians. I look at the Prime Minister today and he is smiling: He is happy to see that the price of gasoline for all Canadians is over $2 dollars a litre. He just did that in front of all members of Parliament and all Canadians. He is happy to have put a price on pollution that empties all Canadians' pockets. When will the Prime Minister show some compassion and give Canadian families a break?
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Mr. Dan Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, CPC)
  • May/10/22 2:33:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, other G7 leaders are trying to help their citizens and businesses deal with the higher cost of fuel, like releasing gas reserves in the United States. We may not have a strategic gas reserve here, but the Prime Minister can lower gas prices by temporarily reducing the GST on gasoline and diesel. This would save small businesses, commuters and seniors on a fixed income 8¢ a litre. Will the Prime Minister, who said in Vancouver that higher gas prices are exactly what he wants, set aside his inflationary policies and work with the Conservatives to give Canadians a break at the pumps? Will he do that?
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Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • May/10/22 2:35:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians are suffering. People in my riding are seeing the escalating price of gasoline. It has nearly doubled, and it is driving the cost of food and everything else up. The Liberal environment minister promised that the price of the carbon tax would not go above $50 a tonne. That promise was broken. Now we have had multiple increases to the carbon tax in the middle of a pandemic, when many Canadians have lost their jobs. Canadians are at their limit. Will the government take some action to reduce the price of gas in Canada?
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Context: House Hansard - 68 - May/10/22
Mr. John Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest, CPC)
  • May/10/22 2:38:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Saint John oil refinery produces gasoline for pumps in Atlantic Canada and New England. In southwest New Brunswick today, a litre of gasoline is selling for $1.89, but less than 10 minutes away, in Calais, Maine, gasoline, after the currency exchange, is 50¢ less a litre. The difference is all taxes, which the Liberals and NDP plan on driving up every year going forward. Why is the government working so hard to drive up energy prices and make energy and life more unaffordable for Canadians?
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