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House Hansard - 127

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 15, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 127 - Nov/15/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/15/22 2:19:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, rural communities across the country are now in crisis while families try to plan out how to pay their bills once the cost of heating goes up. Acadian communities on the east coast or Franco-Ontarians from northern Ontario have heating systems that use diesel, for which the carbon tax is going to triple according to the wishes of the costly NDP-Liberal coalition. Will the Liberals cancel this plan so that Canadians can keep their heat on?
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Context: House Hansard - 127 - Nov/15/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/15/22 2:21:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the finance minister came out about a week ago saying that she makes a profit off the carbon tax because she lives in an upscale downtown Toronto neighbourhood where she can take a subway or ride her bike anywhere she needs to go. Most Canadians do not have a chauffeur. A suburban family that needs to take its kids to hockey or school needs a minivan. A rural family needs a pickup truck to fight through the snow and carry heavy equipment. The Liberal-NDP coalition wants to triple the carbon tax. Will it cancel that plan so Canadians can afford to get where they are going?
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Context: House Hansard - 127 - Nov/15/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/15/22 2:22:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the minister should talk to the people who live in rural Canada today. Those people are faced with $3-a-litre diesel just to fill up their trucks. A similar fuel to heat homes in places such as northern Ontario and Atlantic Canada will cost families as much as $6,000 to get through the winter. The solution of the Liberal-NDP coalition is to triple the carbon tax that those families will pay. Canadians are worried about keeping the heat on. Will the government cancel the tax so they can do so?
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Context: House Hansard - 127 - Nov/15/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/15/22 2:23:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is false, false, false, false and false. Let us look at what the reality is regarding this carbon tax. The finance minister said she is going to send out cheques that make families like hers profit from the carbon tax. According to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, who the Prime Minister appointed, in Alberta the average family will pay $2,000 more in tax than they get back in cheques. In Ontario, it is $1,461, and it is similarly true elsewhere. In many provinces, there is no rebate at all, even though the federal government is imposing this new triple tax. Will it cancel this tax so Canadians can pay their bills?
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Context: House Hansard - 127 - Nov/15/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/15/22 2:25:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, they have a majority with their costly coalition with the NDP. They can pass anything they want. If they were really going to make housing affordable, they would have done it a long time ago. It has been seven years. During that time house prices have doubled and now home heating prices are doubling, with costs expected to rise to as much as $6,000 for a single family to heat a home in oil-heated communities like northern Ontario and eastern Canada. The government's plan with the NDP is to triple the tax. Why does it not stop the tax hike so Canadians can heat their homes?
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