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House Hansard - 134

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 24, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 134 - Nov/24/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/24/22 2:22:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Governor of the Bank of Canada said that, had the government shrunk its deficit, inflation would not be as high. Because of today's exorbitant deficits, inflation is costing every Canadian an extra $3,500. Now that the Prime Minister can confirm that the deficits caused inflation, will he shrink them so Canadians can pay their own bills?
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Context: House Hansard - 134 - Nov/24/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/24/22 2:24:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's top Newfoundland and Labrador minister said that he is “sick and tired” of people complaining about heating their homes in the cold weather. It is no wonder that they are complaining. According to the CBC, the Prime Minister's favourite media outlet, the “federal carbon tax could leave seniors out in the cold”. One seniors advocate said that her members are feeling “extreme difficulty” with the cost of living. Instead of telling Atlantic Canadians to pay up and shut up, why does this government not reverse its costly carbon tax on home heat?
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Context: House Hansard - 134 - Nov/24/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/24/22 2:25:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, well, if the Prime Minister says I should take a look at the Parliamentary Budget Officer's report, I think I just might. I have it right here: “A Distributional Analysis of Federal Carbon Pricing under a Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy”. I will go to page 13. The net cost to Albertans is $2,282. In Saskatchewan, it is $1,464. In Manitoba, it is $1,145, and in Ontario, it is $1,461. This is the excessive cost above and beyond the rebates that people will get. That is what the Parliamentary Budget Officer says. The Prime Minister will not believe it. Would the Speaker send over a page so they can deliver this report so the Prime Minister can believe his own eyes?
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Context: House Hansard - 134 - Nov/24/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/24/22 2:27:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, no one has ever denied that there is a tiny rebate. What we have said is that the rebate does not come anywhere near paying the cost that people have to pay for higher—
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Context: House Hansard - 134 - Nov/24/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre
  • Nov/24/22 2:27:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am sorry that some consider a report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer to be a prop. I consider it to be firm evidence that the size of these rebates is smaller than the cost that people pay in higher taxes. This is definitive proof, and it shows that Canadians will pay more the higher the tax gets, all for a policy that has failed to deliver a single, solitary climate change target. It has failed. It costs too much. Will the government cancel it?
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Context: House Hansard - 134 - Nov/24/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/24/22 2:29:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, those rebates would not be enough to pay for two hours in the Prime Minister's favourite London hotel, where he pays $6,000 a night. Let me look at the costs of this tax. It is $2,282 for the average Albertan, when fully implemented; $1,464 for the average Saskatchewanian; and similar costs for people right across the country. These are net costs, above and beyond the tiny rebates he has offered. Now that he has the evidence, now that it is right here in a report from an officer he appointed, will he believe the facts and cancel the tax?
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