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Context: House Hansard - 174 - Mar/28/23

Mar/28/23 1:38:11 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-27

Mr. Speaker, I beg to disagree. There were largely areas of constructive discussion in my speech, and I will highlight some of them for my friend. The government needs to have an infrastructure framework that will protect the privacy of Canadians before it can demand that of businesses. Businesses, which are already saddled with red tape, do not even have the mechanism to put this in place. Nor does the federal government have the structure to put this in place, but it demands that the business sector do that, with sweeping loopholes that could violate the privacy of Canadians. The first thing we need to do is ensure that the Liberals put in place a legislative framework that will set the foundation for digital privacy in Canada.

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Context: House Hansard - 174 - Mar/28/23

Mrs. Tracy Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country, CPC)

Mar/28/23 2:54:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this just shows how completely out of touch the government is with small businesses. I represent thousands of people in my community who work at wineries, breweries, cideries and distilleries, and I have seen how hard business owners like Richard have worked. I have seen how hard Richard has worked planting his vineyard, going to school and building a small winery, and the struggles he has had, whether they have been bears eating his grapes or the government increasing his taxes. After 40-high inflation, Richard cannot afford the Liberal plan for a 6% excise tax increase that would crush his bottom line. Will the Liberals listen to small business owners like Richard and cancel the April 1 excise tax increase in today's budget?

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Context: House Hansard - 174 - Mar/28/23

Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)

Mar/28/23 2:57:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, sadly, we all remember when the Prime Minister stated that small and medium-sized businesses were a way for people to pay lower taxes. That is when the Prime Minister looked in the mirror. Real small business owners, however, have their hearts in the right place. When they see taxes going up, they are no longer able to provide the services they believe in. That is why, according to a recent poll, 45% of small business owners will have to cut salaries, 56% say they will have no choice but to increase retail prices, and 61% are opposed to the Liberal carbon tax. Will the Prime Minister listen to small businesses and forgo the Liberal carbon tax?

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Context: House Hansard - 174 - Mar/28/23

Hon. Pascale St-Onge (Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Lib.)

Mar/28/23 2:57:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, not only are we listening to small and medium-sized businesses but we proved it during the pandemic, among other times. I cannot say how many small business owners I have met in my riding and across Quebec who tell me the extent to which we were there for them. It is thanks to programs that we put in place during the pandemic that they were able to retain jobs and, thanks to those jobs, families are now able to pay their rent and buy groceries. We have always been there for small businesses and for those most in need, and that will still be the case today with this budget.

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Context: House Hansard - 174 - Mar/28/23

Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)

Mar/28/23 3:03:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, again, the use of consultants is an ability that allows the government to maintain flexibility in difficult times. As an example, during the pandemic we had to vastly increase our ability to be there for Canadians and to be there for small business owners to make sure that their businesses did not fail so that they could have the success we are seeing in the incredible jobs recovery, which is one of the strongest of our comparator nations. It is in fact due to the ability to use the flexibility of contracts to achieve that. To mis-characterize that or to try to create shadows with it is irresponsible.

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