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House Hansard - 99

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 21, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 99 - Sep/21/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Sep/21/22 2:21:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today we learned that the percentage of Canadians who have their own home is at its lowest level in 20 years. It was after this Prime Minister came to power that housing prices doubled. When he came to power, the average family could pay monthly home-related bills with 32% of their paycheque; now it is 50%. The government wants to make matters worse by increasing taxes on paycheques, fuel, groceries and heating. Will the government cancel these tax increases so that Canadians can buy or keep their own home?
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Context: House Hansard - 99 - Sep/21/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Sep/21/22 2:23:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. Deputy Prime Minister for her kind words and her congratulations. I look forward to being able to congratulate more young families on the ability to buy their own homes. It is nice to be in the House, but it would be nice for them to be in a home. Unfortunately, house prices have doubled under the government's policies. In fact, the share of the average Canadian's paycheque needed to pay the average monthly bill on housing has gone from 32% to 50%, and the government's solution is to raise paycheque taxes, gas taxes and other taxes. Will the government not cancel the tax hikes so Canadians can pay their—
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Context: House Hansard - 99 - Sep/21/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Sep/21/22 2:24:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the answer is neither. Guess what Canadians paid in 2015 in EI if they earned $60,000? It was $930. Guess what they pay now? It is $948. That is an increase. Furthermore, if we look at total payroll taxes, they have gone from $3,400 to $4,100 under the government. That is a $700 increase, and the government plans to raise EI premiums, that is the paycheque tax, on January 1, along with other taxes. Why will the government not cancel these tax hikes so Canadians can pay their bills?
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Context: House Hansard - 99 - Sep/21/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Sep/21/22 2:25:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in fact, EI premiums do go into general revenues when they go into surplus, and that is what the government plans to do. It plans to raise both EI and CPP premiums, the paycheque tax, right at a time when we are facing 40-year highs in inflation, all-time highs in increased housing prices, 40-year highs in food price inflation, and record food bank use. This is the last time that anyone should be raising any tax. Will the government back down from its planned tax hikes on paycheques and on energy?
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Context: House Hansard - 99 - Sep/21/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Sep/21/22 2:27:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, now the Liberals would have Canadians believe they have never had it so good. I guess if one is jetting around the world singing songs in a beautiful lobby, that might be true, but the 30-year-olds stuck living in their parents' basement because the Liberals have doubled housing prices might disagree. Those who cannot fill up their tanks with gas might disagree. Those who are among the four in five families that have cut their diets because they cannot afford food might disagree. The last thing they would want is a tax hike on their paycheques and their energy use. Will the Liberals therefore cancel those tax hikes?
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