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House Hansard - 107

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 4, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 107 - Oct/4/22
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
  • Oct/4/22 4:37:03 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-30 
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I will give him the opportunity to clarify a little the remarks made by the Conservative Party in recent weeks. They seem to be confusing a tax with a contribution. When people contribute to EI, they are putting money aside for the day when they will need it because they have lost their jobs. When people contribute to the Canada pension plan, they are putting money aside for their golden years so they can have it when they retire. These are not taxes, they are contributions. These are investments, an insurance in the event of unemployment and a means to live with dignity upon retirement. Does my colleague not want seniors in his riding to put money aside and have a good retirement?
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Context: House Hansard - 107 - Oct/4/22
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
  • Oct/4/22 5:13:37 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-30 
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. There is good news in this bill: the GST credit, the housing benefit and dental care for children this year and for seniors next year. The good thing is that this all came about because the government listened to the NDP's good ideas. The work of the NDP caucus is what got us to this point. Why stop now when we could go even further and tax the excessive profits that big grocery chains, big oil companies and banks are raking in and use that money to make social programs even better? We could improve health care by creating real universal pharmacare.
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Context: House Hansard - 107 - Oct/4/22
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
  • Oct/4/22 5:41:06 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-30 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech, but I just want to point out that dental care for children, the higher GST tax credit and the housing benefit top-up all came about because the NDP forced the Liberals to introduce them. This is a minority government, and we used our position of strength to get results for people. The rising cost of living is hurting people, so why stop there? Oil companies and big grocery chains are making record profits, so why not tax those excessive profits, take that money back and create a real universal pharmacare program, for example?
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