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House Hansard - 103

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 27, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 103 - Sep/27/22
Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)
  • Sep/27/22 11:05:41 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the reality is that the oil and gas companies are making record profits. In fact, in the last quarter, they have made over $12 billion. Meanwhile, they are continuing to lobby for more subsidies, and the government is giving them more subsidies. Around the globe, windfall taxes are being put in place. The NDP has been advocating for an excess profit tax. Will the government finally put in an excess profit tax for the oil and gas companies?
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Context: House Hansard - 103 - Sep/27/22
Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)
  • Sep/27/22 12:53:13 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, corporate profits are rising twice as fast as inflation. Meanwhile, wages for workers are rising only half as quickly. The government insists on saying that it is there for workers, yet it will not impose the excess profit tax on big CEOs who are profiting. Other countries are doing that. Why will the Liberals not do the same thing and be on the side of workers?
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Context: House Hansard - 103 - Sep/27/22
Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)
  • Sep/27/22 1:08:18 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, at the UN General Assembly last week, the UN Secretary-General actually called on the countries to tax the windfall profits of fossil fuel companies. In fact, they are making a record profit as we speak: $147 billion just this year alone. Will the member support the call of the UN Secretary-General to impose a windfall tax, as the NDP has been calling on the government to do?
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Context: House Hansard - 103 - Sep/27/22
Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)
  • Sep/27/22 3:13:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, an Inuit woman who travelled to Ottawa to be a nurse died after just four days in the city. She was a victim of violence, who had no access to safe, affordable housing. The missing and murdered indigenous women and girls inquiry's final report cites housing 299 times. The minister was asked about it today and he said, “words fail me.” His words and inaction are failing indigenous, Inuit and Métis people. Will the minister ensure that there are meaningful investments in a “for indigenous, by indigenous” urban, rural and northern housing strategy in budget 2023?
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