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House Hansard - 131

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 21, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 131 - Nov/21/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/21/22 2:20:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada ranked 58th out of 63 countries in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Liberals have missed every target for reducing emissions, yet they are moving forward with the same strategy. In fact, they want to triple down on the strategy by tripling the carbon tax, even though Canadians are struggling to pay their heating bills. When will they realize that turning down the heat in our homes is not the goal of fighting climate change?
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Context: House Hansard - 131 - Nov/21/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/21/22 2:21:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if they had the most comprehensive plan in the world, why are they ranked 58th out of 63 in terms of performance on that plan? What they have, actually, is a tax, a tax to drive up the cost of home heating, gas, groceries and everything else. They want to triple that tax. We are now going into the winter, and families are facing a doubling of their home heating bills right across the country. Forty percent of Atlantic Canadians already live in energy poverty. They cannot afford to pay any more. Instead of spending more inflationary money to try to solve the problem they caused, why do the Liberals not just get rid of the problem itself, by getting rid of the tax?
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Context: House Hansard - 131 - Nov/21/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/21/22 2:24:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, by using technology and not taxes, the Conservative government presided over the only government that reduced greenhouse gases in Canadian history, while the economy grew. Now we have a government that has missed every single greenhouse gas reduction target it has set, even as its carbon tax has gone up, and now it wants to hit people with a tax, just as home heating bills are expected to double. Its consolation prize is that some time down the road, one might be able to get a heat pump when the winter is over, if one is lucky. Why does the government not get rid of the real problem, which is the tax?
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Context: House Hansard - 131 - Nov/21/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/21/22 2:25:46 p.m.
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Which he clearly does not, Mr. Speaker, by virtue of the results. The results are higher emissions. The Liberals have missed their targets every single year. Now with 40% of Atlantic Canadians living in energy poverty, rural Canadians facing a doubling of their home heating bills, and some families who will be paying $5,000 and up just to keep the heat on, the Liberals want to go ahead and triple the tax. Why will the Liberals not get rid of the tax so Canadians can keep the heat on and pay their bills?
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Context: House Hansard - 131 - Nov/21/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/21/22 2:26:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals' taxes have failed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is not an environmental plan; it is a tax plan. Now, having driven up the cost of home heating, the Liberals say that if Canadians wait until the end of winter, they might be able to get a rebate for a heat pump if they are among the tiny minority people in this country who will qualify for the program. The tax the government imposed caused the problems, and now it says it has a government program to solve the problem. Why not just get rid of the problem and get rid of the tax?
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