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House Hansard - 70

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 12, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 70 - May/12/22
Mr. Mario Simard (Jonquière, BQ)
  • May/12/22 10:38:07 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's speech, and I will play nice. Yesterday the Conservatives attacked us mercilessly on the prayer issue on the grounds we should be talking about inflation instead. Unfortunately, they are not talking about inflation today. That is not my business; it is theirs. Maybe Jean Charest's presence is forcing them to go off on a China tangent. I have one very simple question for my colleague. I think a committee on our relationship with China makes sense, but should the special committee not have an end date? That might make it easier for people to agree to it.
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Context: House Hansard - 70 - May/12/22
Mr. Mario Simard (Jonquière, BQ)
  • May/12/22 2:41:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, gas prices are hurting Quebeckers and our businesses, especially in rural areas. In the meantime, oil companies raked in record profits in the last quarter: almost $3 billion for Suncor and $1.1 billion for both Imperial and TC Energy. What is most infuriating is that regardless of these profits, the federal government is giving Trans Mountain $10 billion in loan guarantees. There was $2.4 billion for carbon capture in the budget. Does the government agree that it is embarrassing to be subsidizing oil companies instead of helping people who are being bled dry?
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Context: House Hansard - 70 - May/12/22
Mr. Mario Simard (Jonquière, BQ)
  • May/12/22 2:42:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, dirty oil producers are double-dipping. Consumers are paying twice, once at the pumps and a second time through the taxes that fund the subsidies that the federal government pays to these oil companies, which are sitting on piles of money, like Scrooge. The simple fact is that the middle class is seeing all of their hard-earned money go to oil billionaires. The oil companies do not need this money. Will the Deputy Prime Minister stop sending them public money and instead provide support for those most affected by the increase in gas prices?
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Context: House Hansard - 70 - May/12/22
Mr. Mario Simard (Jonquière, BQ)
  • May/12/22 2:43:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, fuel prices are catastrophic for entrepreneurs in farming, fishing, trucking and the taxi industry. These people are on the verge of bankruptcy. Entire industries in Quebec are suffering major losses without the least bit of support from the federal government. Meanwhile, the oil industry is reaping record profits and continues to be heavily subsidized. When will the government stop showering our public money on oil companies and instead fund the victims of fuel prices and the energy transition?
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