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House Hansard - 173

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 27, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Mar/27/23 2:14:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this Prime Minister has been leading the Liberal government for eight years and is now being propped up by a costly coalition with the NDP. For an entire generation of young Canadians, the cost of living is at an all-time high, and the hope of building a life like their parents is fading little by little every day. In Canada, home ownership was an attainable dream for young people prior to 2016. Now, the Liberal Prime Minister's inflationary spending is making that dream impossible to achieve. Fully nine out of 10 young people believe they will never be able to afford a home because mortgage payments have doubled in the eight years since this Prime Minister was elected. More and more people, from the very poor to middle-class families, are turning to food banks because their paycheques no longer cover rising food prices. The 2023 budget must put an end to inflationary spending. The 2023 budget must make it possible for Canadians to take home more money with each paycheque. The 2023 budget must lower prices by cancelling tax increases. The 2023 budget must remove government barriers to housing construction. The 2023 budget must bring common sense back into this House.
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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Mar/27/23 2:54:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of this inflationary Prime Minister, I would encourage him to listen to what Guy Parent, who has worked as a trucker for the past 30 years, had to say about the carbon tax. He said, “The automatic reaction of the companies that have to pay the tax is to pass it on to the customer. It is the customer who will have to pay. That is how the inflation game works.” According to the truckers, all Quebeckers will be affected, and according to them, a large number of products, such as commodities, fruits, vegetables and even televisions, will now cost more. My question is simple. Will the Prime Minister commit to scrapping this new tax tomorrow?
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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Mar/27/23 2:55:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the truckers who transport the food we eat here will pay more in carbon tax starting April 1. That is not an April Fool's joke; it is the truth. On April 1, the carbon tax is going up. On April 1, the tax on wine, alcohol and spirits is going up. People are going to pay more for everything when they are already stretched to the limit. My question is simple: Tomorrow, will the Prime Minister cancel all new taxes on Canadians?
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