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House Hansard - 107

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 4, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 107 - Oct/4/22
Mr. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley, NDP)
  • Oct/4/22 1:18:41 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-30 
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to hear that my friend from Northumberland—Peterborough South supports the relief measure in this bill. He noted that it is months late, and we would agree with him on that. I would ask where he was when we were calling for it back in May. This is targeted relief for the people most affected by inflation. There is another measure in another bill that is also targeted relief for the people across our country most affected by inflation. The revenue for each of these measures comes from the same fund. These are very similar measures, yet the Conservative Party is voting for one and not the other. I wonder if he could explain to me why he is not voting to support the increase in the Canada housing benefit?
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Context: House Hansard - 107 - Oct/4/22
Mr. Ryan Turnbull
  • Oct/4/22 4:09:29 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my apologies to the member opposite if he does not like the numbers the Liberal Party puts out, but they are factual and based in reality. Based on the many measures we have put out there, Canadian families are getting a whole package of supports in their time of need, everything from the Canada child benefit and a reduction in child care fees to direct quarterly payments for the price on pollution and the GST tax credit. When we put all those together, there are hundreds and even thousands of dollars that Canadian families are getting benefit from.
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Context: House Hansard - 107 - Oct/4/22
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Oct/4/22 4:57:06 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-30 
Madam Speaker, I would like to ask my energetic colleague what she thinks about this. The Bloc Québécois proposes to do two things to control the cost of living. First, to help seniors in particular, we want to see no reductions in the guaranteed income supplement for those who received the Canada emergency response benefit or the Canada recovery benefit during the pandemic. Next, the Bloc Québécois would like to increase old age security to preserve seniors' purchasing power. What does my colleague think about these two proposals?
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Context: House Hansard - 107 - Oct/4/22
Ms. Julie Dzerowicz
Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her question and I truly believe that her concern is genuine. We very much care about seniors. I believe the doubling of the GST credit will continue to support many seniors. I think if we manage to pass Bill C-31 it will also support seniors through the Canada housing benefit one-time top-up. I think that will be very beneficial for them. The seniors in my riding of Davenport have already told me that they are excited about a national dental care plan. They know it will not go into effect for them until the end of next year, but they are already excited and very much looking forward to its implementation.
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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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