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House Hansard - 188

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 1, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 188 - May/1/23
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • May/1/23 1:55:00 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Mr. Speaker, I am glad the parliamentary secretary mentioned the interchange fees on credit card transactions. The NDP has been fighting for that for decades. Jack Layton was certainly a champion for that, and I have been pressing for it in my role as small business critic. I also want to mention that, in this budget, the tax credits for creating a new clean-tech economy have been tied to good, union-scale jobs across this country. This is something that, again, the NDP has been really fighting for. So often, we have seen financial benefits to companies given to them by the taxpayers of Canada without any strings attached, and that has to change. Could the parliamentary secretary comment on whether this will finally become standard practice for governments?
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Context: House Hansard - 188 - May/1/23
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • May/1/23 2:49:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, young Canadian scientists have walked off the job today. They have not seen a wage increase in 20 years. Here on Parliament Hill and at universities across the country, thousands of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows are rallying for the wages they deserve. Rising living costs are forcing young Canadian scientists to abandon their studies, leave the country or live in poverty. They deserve better, and Canada needs them to stay. Will the government finally increase graduate scholarships and post-doctoral fellowships and index them to the cost of living?
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Context: House Hansard - 188 - May/1/23
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • May/1/23 3:49:33 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Madam Speaker, the member for Foothills is a real champion for agriculture, and agriculture is very important in my riding. I know the farmers, orchardists and vineyard owners in my riding saw their gas prices go up three cents a litre this year because of the carbon tax. It is a provincial carbon tax in B.C. They saw the price of gas go up 80¢ a litre because of the greedflation around the world. The president of Shell Canada has asked for a tax on excess profits, and the Government of the U.K. has implemented such a tax. Would the member support the NDP's call for a tax on excess profits so that we can raise billions of dollars to help farmers and others who need it across the country?
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Context: House Hansard - 188 - May/1/23
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • May/1/23 6:38:52 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Madam Speaker, the member for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo briefly mentioned health care and seemed to indicate that we were spending too much money on health care. I am wondering what he had in mind for health care. If we want to move to a more private health care system, like the States, they spend twice as much on health care per capita than we do and they have a poorer outcome. Their life expectancy is five years less. I am wondering what the member's plans are for health care.
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