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House Hansard - 217

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 20, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 217 - Jun/20/23
Mr. Damien Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot, CPC)
  • Jun/20/23 10:06:48 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have a dissenting opinion to present from the Conservative members of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development in response to the committee's report, “The Government of Canada’s Planned Phase-Out of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and of Public Financing of the Fossil Fuel Sector”. It is the Conservative members of this committee's belief that the report falls short in a number of critical areas, starting with the lack of a definition for what a fossil fuel subsidy is. Climate challenges must be addressed using concrete solutions, not ideological platitudes, and our dissenting opinion outlines some of our thoughts on the matter. However, I believe the summary of this report would be best summed up by a quote from somebody who is a bit ironic for a Conservative to quote on this matter, former Liberal insider and environment minister Catherine McKenna. She said as she was leaving office, “we eliminated all of the fossil fuel subsidies at the federal level”. It is an honour to table this dissenting opinion on behalf of members of the Conservative Party.
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Context: House Hansard - 217 - Jun/20/23
Mr. Damien Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot, CPC)
  • Jun/20/23 2:46:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, from big cities to small towns, everyone is paying the price of Liberal inflationary deficits. After eight years of the Prime Minister's spending, Canadians are feeling the pain. The devastating reality is that those Liberal policies are the direct cause of Canadians' hardship, resulting in record food bank usage and housing becoming unaffordable for regular Canadians. The Liberals, propped up by the NDP, just poured another $60 billion of fuel on the inflationary fire. When will the Prime Minister end his inflationary spending so Canadians can keep their homes and afford the basics?
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Context: House Hansard - 217 - Jun/20/23
Mr. Damien Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot, CPC)
  • Jun/20/23 2:47:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I believe two Conservatives were successful yesterday. Increasingly, from across the country, we are hearing from Canadians who are hurting. Mortgages have doubled, rents have doubled and Canadians are visiting food banks in record numbers. One has to ask what the cause of this pain is. Experts agree that the cause is the Liberal government's inflationary spending. My question for the minister is simple. Will he rein in the deficit spending that is causing inflation?
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