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House Hansard - 176

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 30, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 176 - Mar/30/23
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Mar/30/23 2:54:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, small and medium-sized businesses are the backbone of Canada's economy. Unlike the government, the men and women behind these businesses are in direct contact with Canadians and know how to run a company. Lo and behold, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business consulted over 4,300 business leaders, and the result is a scathing indictment of this government: 61% of Canadian business leaders are opposed to the carbon tax increase this Saturday. The government may look down on the Conservatives, but could it at least listen to business leaders?
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Context: House Hansard - 176 - Mar/30/23
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Mar/30/23 2:55:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government has a talent for ballooning the credit card statements of every Canadian with its compulsive deficits. That same report is rather scathing for other reasons. Again, 4,300 small business leaders say that 40% of them will reduce investments, 45% will cut salaries, and 56% will increase the cost of products. This has a direct, meaningful and very tangible impact on Canadians if, by some misfortune, the government increases the tax on Saturday. Could the government act for the good of all Canadians and cancel this tax on April 1?
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