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House Hansard - 199

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 17, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Mr. Lloyd Longfield (Guelph, Lib.)
  • May/17/23 3:01:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the rising cost of food affects Canadians, small businesses and families who are trying to put a nutritious meal on the table in my riding and across the country. Last week, with the passage of Bill C-46, came the creation of the new one-time grocery rebate that will deliver targeted inflation relief for over 11 million low- and moderate-income Canadians and families who need it most. Can the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance tell this House when Canadians can expect this timely grocery rebate?
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Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Mr. Lloyd Longfield (Guelph, Lib.)
  • May/17/23 5:07:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. parliamentary secretary for all of her work on this. The member mentioned how difficult these discussions have been to get to the real crux of the matter. I am looking at a discussion I had with one of my constituents on December 2 of last year. He was talking about paintball cases, that 2,000 paintballs were $150 versus magfed at $30, and that the airsoft community had not been consulted at that time. He had served in the military. He knows that AR-15s should not be available anywhere in Canada, so he was approaching it from the recreational community saying that, at the time, we had not consulted them. Could the hon. member comment on how much work there has been to get to the right level of consultation with the right people?
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Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Mr. Lloyd Longfield (Guelph, Lib.)
  • May/17/23 6:54:25 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, although I was not at committee, I have heard that the hon. member's interventions were well received and discussed in committee. She ended her speech tonight speaking about ghost guns, and that is something I have been discussing with our local chief of police. We have had a few walks to talk about this and the guns that look like they are real but are really just toy guns and how that really makes policing a lot more difficult in our communities when guns pop out of nowhere, such as ghost guns. Therefore, the impact on our police services could be very positive. They could then do a better job of helping with safety within our communities. Could the hon. member talk about how the police forces in her local community are receiving this legislation?
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