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House Hansard - 204

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 1, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Mr. John Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest, CPC)
  • Jun/1/23 10:01:45 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 29th report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts entitled “Public Accounts of Canada 2022”. Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response to this report. I would like to thank all the witnesses who appeared, who included the comptroller and the Auditor General of Canada, among others, and I thank committee members and our team at public accounts for helping us put together this report.
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Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Mr. John Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest, CPC)
  • Jun/1/23 10:05:56 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present a petition concerning political discrimination in Canada. The petitioners note that the Liberal Party, in its 2021 platform, promised to remove the charitable status of organizations that do not share the Prime Minister's views on matters of life. The petitioners ask the government to reject this proposal and to preserve the political neutrality of charitable status rules for hospitals, houses of worship, pregnancy and women's centres and many other important institutions across our country. In addition, this petition calls on the government to affirm Canada's freedom of expression, even and especially when it runs counter to the views of this government or any federal government.
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Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Mr. John Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest, CPC)
  • Jun/1/23 11:09:17 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, that was quite a show we just had from the member. In my province, we have regulated gas pricing, so we understand locally just how much the taxes and regulations cost consumers. Right now before the province, we see a request to raise the carbon tax by 3.25¢. What is more interesting is that the clean fuel standard is going to add 7.5¢ a litre on July 1. This is the headline of the CBC back home right now: “New Brunswick consumers may face double carbon charges on July 1”. The total is 12.4¢ with the HST, because, of course, with the Liberals it is a tax and another tax, a tax on a tax. My last point is this. The CTF, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, has said that the tax will be 14¢, and by 2030 will be three times that, at 41¢. That is where we get the “triple, triple, triple”. With the Liberals, it is all taxes, more taxes and taxes on top of them all the time. What does the member have to say about that?
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