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House Hansard - 230

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 5, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 230 - Oct/5/23
Mr. Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni, NDP)
  • Oct/5/23 12:39:56 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-56 
Madam Speaker, I cited earlier the impact of corporate greed in our country. It is about $3.90 on a $100 bag of groceries. The carbon tax, which the Conservatives try to spin as the major contributor, is 15¢ on a $100 bag of groceries. We know corporate profits are going into the pockets of Galen Weston. In places like Tofino, Hornby Island and Ucluelet, there are co-op grocery stores that give the profits back to their members. Does my colleague agree that we should charge an excess profit tax on corporate greed to fund co-op models when it comes to the grocery business?
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Context: House Hansard - 230 - Oct/5/23
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Oct/5/23 2:34:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it has been 21 months since food prices have outpaced general inflation, and the Prime Minister was not willing to do anything until he started falling behind in the polls. That is two years that Canadians have been struggling because the government is unwilling to take on the real problem, which is corporate greed. Will the government admit that its plan to scramble to try to do something is to save itself and not Canadians?
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Context: House Hansard - 230 - Oct/5/23
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Oct/5/23 2:36:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the government does not have the courage to take on corporate greed when it comes to the price of groceries or it when it comes to the privatization of our health care system. Shoppers Drug Mart, owned by Galen Weston, is rapidly expanding American-style for-profit health care delivery in our country, and the government is nowhere to be seen. In the last election, the Prime Minister said he would defend public universal health care and now he calls privatization “innovation”. Therefore, what is the plan? Is it to wait another two years and then nicely ask Galen Weston to stop?
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