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House Hansard - 204

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 1, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)
  • Jun/1/23 2:54:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, 200 residents of a west end Toronto building are taking action against huge rent increases by their landlord. Their rent is being jacked up by 40% this fall. Seniors on fixed incomes, workers and families are worried sick they could end up on the street. Under the Liberals, rents have skyrocketed. We are now seeing rents double or even triple in communities. This is unacceptable. Will the Liberals stop these renovictions, put people before profits and launch an acquisition fund for non-profits to keep rents low?
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Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Jun/1/23 3:37:19 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, something I find infuriating about the motion, and we see have seen this every time in the various versions of the same motion coming to the floor of the House from the Conservative Party, is that it never mentions the profits of oil and gas companies. The price on pollution went up 2¢ a litre in the last year. Wholesale margins, profits of the largest oil and gas companies across the country, went up 18¢ a litre. Why is it that the Conservative Party is not talking about this? To go further, does the member support a windfall profit tax? We could use those funds to invest in the climate solutions we need.
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Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Jun/1/23 3:54:00 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, cutting the price on pollution is not a solution that will stop pollution. Oil and gas companies are among the corporations that are showing the greatest profits. Why do the Conservatives prefer stacking the deck for billionaire CEOs over helping working people in Canada?
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Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP)
  • Jun/1/23 4:11:03 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I do not disagree with the hon. member that people are suffering. They are struggling. They are desperately trying to get by. However, there are those in this country earning such incredible profits. A huge group of them is in oil and gas. The NDP has used its opposition day motions to repeatedly call for this House to support a windfall excess profits tax, but this Conservative member has voted against it. I would like him to explain exactly why he would do that when those profits, those taxes, could go to supporting people, the same people who he says are suffering.
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Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Jun/1/23 5:10:34 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, as I said earlier, oil and gas companies are showing record profits. As an example, Suncor only pays one-fourteenth of the full carbon price in the scheme. I agree that carbon pricing is not the only solution. There have to be many potential solutions, and we need to do better to help protect the environment. I wonder if the member agrees that protecting the pockets of billion-dollar corporations is not the right approach for addressing this issue.
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