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House Hansard - 126

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 14, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 126 - Nov/14/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/14/22 2:20:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadian children are in pain and there is no medication available. Mark Parrish, the president of a drug distribution association that represents 19 countries, says that Canada is the only country that has a shortage of essential drugs. Parents are even having to go to the United States to buy these drugs, because although we do not have them here in Canada, they are abundant south of the border. Why is it that children in other countries have these drugs, but Canadian children do not?
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Context: House Hansard - 126 - Nov/14/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/14/22 2:21:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it does not answer the question. I will quote from the Wall Street Journal, which had an article about Canada's shortage of children's medication. Mark Parrish, president of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers, a trade association with members from 19 countries, says that no other country is experiencing similar shortages as Canada is. That forces our parents to drive south of the border and buy the medications in the United States, where they are abundant and in supply, and bring them back here. Many people are actually hawking them with a profit back in our country. Again, why are these medications available abroad but not here at home?
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Context: House Hansard - 126 - Nov/14/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/14/22 2:22:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Governor of the Bank of Canada has said that inflation here is domestically generated, not imported from the rest of the world. He agrees with our friend and the future leader of the Liberal Party, Mark Carney, who says that inflation is coming from Canada. However, interestingly, the governor says that the solution is to cap wages and cut jobs. He says that the only way to stop inflation is to drive up unemployment. Does the government agree that it needs to kill jobs to fight the inflation that it has caused?
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Context: House Hansard - 126 - Nov/14/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/14/22 2:24:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what is not looking pretty good is the cost of diesel. In New Brunswick, it is over three dollars a litre. Diesel is not a luxury; it is a necessity when one lives in the country and drives a big truck. It is a necessity for the truckers to bring us our goods to our grocery stores. No wonder we have 11% food price inflation. and home heating bills are not looking any better. They are going to double this winter and families in oil-heated communities will have to spend thousands of dollars. Cutting their subscription to Disney will save them $13, which is not enough to pay the bill, but what would help is that Liberals cancelled the plan to triple the tax. Will they?
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Context: House Hansard - 126 - Nov/14/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/14/22 2:25:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if she really wanted to empathize with low-income people who are struggling, then she and her NDP coalition partners would cancel their plan to triple the carbon tax. They want to do it at a time when home heating bills are expected to double, costing thousands of dollars for families in oil-heated communities, and when the diesel price is over $3 a litre. Canadians cannot afford it, nor can they afford to spend $6,000 on the Prime Minister's hotel rooms, nor do they need lectures about cancelling Disney+. Will they cancel the carbon tax instead?
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