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House Hansard - 175

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 29, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 175 - Mar/29/23
Mr. James Maloney (Etobicoke—Lakeshore, Lib.)
  • Mar/29/23 2:54:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, increases in duties such as those on alcohol can sometimes provide predictability to businesses. However, as all members of this House know, we are in an unusually high inflation situation. On April 1, the excise inflation adjustment on alcohol was set to increase by 6.3%. I am asking the Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance to tell this House what the government is doing to assist breweries, wine makers and spirit providers in this country.
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Context: House Hansard - 175 - Mar/29/23
Hon. Randy Boissonnault (Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • Mar/29/23 2:55:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague and friend from Etobicoke—Lakeshore and indeed all members of the Liberal caucus for raising this important issue for the government and for the hard work on the file. In the budget we tabled yesterday, we temporarily capped the excise inflation adjustment for alcohol at 2% for one year as of April 1, 2023. This important— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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