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House Hansard - 130

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 18, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 130 - Nov/18/22
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • Nov/18/22 10:12:08 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Madam Speaker, one of the things that has really hit Canadians across this country is the high price of gas. It has gone up almost a dollar in my part of the country. The Conservatives seem obsessed with stopping the increase in the carbon tax that comes into effect in April, which would amount to about two cents a litre. They are ignoring the fact that oil and gas companies have had immense windfall profits, billions of dollars, record profits this year because of the high price of world oil. The U.K. has instituted a 35% windfall tax on oil and gas companies. The CEO of Shell has asked the federal government here to tax them more. I am wondering why the Conservatives are so silent on this way of really bringing help to Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 130 - Nov/18/22
Mr. Dave Epp
  • Nov/18/22 10:13:05 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Madam Speaker, on the surface, that would seem like a plausible argument. What I did not hear was the books of our oil and gas companies being brought to the fore in the six years previous due to the policies of the Liberal government. Record profits are not only being incurred in different parts of the country; that is how a market works. Is there a role for the government to step in there? That is what the House is to decide.
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