44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 19, 2023 10:00AM
- Oct/19/23 2:20:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of this Prime Minister, he is not worth the cost.
The cost of housing has doubled since he came to power. The situation is out of control. A middle-class couple in Ontario was able to sell their 2,000-square-foot home to buy a 6,000-square-foot chateau in France on 37 acres. Now the couple is saying that they could not sell their chateau to buy a house in Ontario.
Why does it cost more to be a member of Canada's middle class than to be an aristocrat in France?
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- Oct/19/23 2:21:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is clear that after eight years, this Prime Minister is not worth the cost. Another bill will not change that.
For example, yesterday, the Conservatives asked a question of the Minister of Environment's director general. It was a simple yes or no question. We asked whether the department had warned the government that the so-called clean fuels regulations would raise prices and disproportionately impact low- and middle-income Canadians. The answer was yes, and yet the Bloc Québécois wants to drastically increase this regulation, which is a tax.
Will the government finally eliminate this tax so Canadians can buy food and afford housing?
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- Oct/19/23 2:22:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know that after eight years, the Prime Minister is not worth the cost of housing, which has doubled since he took office. It has gotten so crazy for the cost of a house in Ontario that one couple sold their 2,000 square-foot home in that province and was able to buy a 6,000 square-foot castle on 37 acres of land in France. They have now said that they could never sell the castle and afford to move back to Canada.
Why does it cost more to be a member of the middle class in Canada than it does to be an aristocrat in France?
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- Oct/19/23 2:24:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, none of the bills are affordable after eight years of the government. I asked why it is that one can buy a castle in France for a lower cost than a middle-class home in Ontario, and his response was basically “let them eat cake”. The fact is that people cannot even afford bread after eight years of inflationary policies.
Will the Liberals reverse their inflationary deficits and their tax hikes so Canadians can eat, heat and house themselves?
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- Oct/19/23 2:25:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have been promising for eight years that their bills would lower the cost, but since that time housing costs have doubled. They promised their carbon tax would make people better off, and then they brought in a second carbon tax.
We asked the government's own officials at committee yesterday if their analysis showed that the cost would rise for energy and if these costs would be borne disproportionately by the poor and middle class, and a government official confirmed they would.
Why is the government taxing the people who can least afford it? Will the Liberals admit that after eight years, they are simply not worth the cost?
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Mr. Speaker, the Competition Bureau found today that after eight years, the power of corporate oligopolistic giants is growing at the expense of Canadians. It is in a report, which said:
Concentration rose in the most concentrated industries, and the number of highly concentrated industries increased;
The largest firms in industries are being less and less challenged by their smaller [firms];
Fewer firms have entered industries overall, suggesting many industries have become less dynamic....
This has—
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Mr. Speaker, this is for the member who intervened, who does not live in his own riding and has forgotten about the people in Timmins.
Finally, the report states that the consequence of this is that profits and markups are up while Canadian competition is down.
These are the findings of the Competition Bureau's report today. They are part of the reason we have smaller paycheques and higher prices.
Why is the government siding with big, powerful, protected corporate oligarchs rather than with Canadian consumers and workers?
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