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House Hansard - 203

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 31, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 203 - May/31/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • May/31/23 2:49:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control revealed today that it now costs over $1,200 a month for a basket of nutritious food for the average family in that province. It is an explosion of costs that have taken place under the Prime Minister. Those numbers come from a year ago, and the same report says that prices are higher now. Now the Prime Minister's solution for that is a 61¢-a-litre carbon tax that will push gas prices well over two dollars a litre and increase the cost to farmers and truckers who bring us our food. How much will that increase the cost of food for Canadians?
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Context: House Hansard - 203 - May/31/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • May/31/23 2:51:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the carbon tax is not an environmental plan; it is a tax plan. It has done nothing to meet any targets, and it has done nothing to reduce the cost of climate change. What it has done is increase the cost of food, because when we tax the farmers who make the food and the truckers who ship the food, then we tax the food itself. Now, the Prime Minister's plan is not to triple the carbon tax but to quadruple the carbon tax, while he adds more and more. It is 61¢ a litre. My question is this. How much will his 61¢-a-litre carbon tax add to the monthly basket of food for Canadians?
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Context: House Hansard - 203 - May/31/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • May/31/23 2:52:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if the facts that I have just quoted from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control are false, then maybe the Prime Minister can tell me what the real numbers are. I have asked him that. Given that he wants to bring in a 61¢-a-litre carbon tax and increase gas and diesel prices by 61¢ a litre on the farmers who produce the food and the truckers who bring it to the grocery store, how much will that tax increase add to the monthly cost of groceries for the average Canadian family?
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Context: House Hansard - 203 - May/31/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • May/31/23 3:09:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Finance admitted that deficits throw gas on the inflationary fire. Two weeks later, she threw another $60-billion-worth of gas on the same fire. How much does the Prime Minister think that the $60-billion inflationary deficit she added in a single budget will increase the inflation rate on the backs of Canadians?
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