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House Hansard - 252

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 21, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 252 - Nov/21/23
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Nov/21/23 4:33:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that the finance minister recognizes we are in a climate crisis. At the same time, she needs to know that oil and gas companies are gouging Canadians at the pumps, as 47¢ of every dollar of inflation is from corporate profits. Why would they not apply the Canada recovery dividend, which they already did to banks and life insurance, to big oil in the fall economic statement?
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Context: House Hansard - 252 - Nov/21/23
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Nov/21/23 5:33:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me start by thanking my Bloc colleagues for their work on behalf of small and medium-sized businesses. It is so important for all MPs to stand up for SMEs, so, again, I thank them. My question is about the fact that Parliament passed the Canada disability benefit almost six months ago. Yet again, there is nothing in this economic statement for people with disabilities across the country, including in Quebec, who continue to live in legislated poverty. Are the member for Joliette and the rest of the Bloc caucus as disappointed as I am about this omission?
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Context: House Hansard - 252 - Nov/21/23
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Nov/21/23 6:08:19 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-56 
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the words from the member for Elmwood—Transcona on calling out the extent of the disappointment on housing time and again. We saw it again this afternoon. I give credit to the NDP on Bill C-56, which was able to negotiate a fix to ensure co-ops would have access to that really important measure. When we see this happen time and time again, at what point is enough enough? At what point do we say that the juice is not worth the squeeze and that we need to make sure more gets done on housing, along with so many of the other challenges our country faces, and we need to make sure the government does better and more?
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Context: House Hansard - 252 - Nov/21/23
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Nov/21/23 6:32:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, one element of my colleague's speech that I really appreciated was the framing that this is not as simple as what we choose to spend or not. It is also about what we should be cutting, including subsidies to oil and gas, for example, to the tune of $22 billion. What could we invest in if we were not wasting funds there? I would like to hear more on the calls tonight to ensure we end legislative poverty for people with disabilities. The government has promised this many times over, but has yet to show any commitment in dollars for the Canada disability benefit. Could she share her reflections on that?
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