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House Hansard - 257

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 28, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 257 - Nov/28/23
Mr. Scot Davidson
  • Nov/28/23 10:42:01 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The member for Kingston and the Islands is—
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Context: House Hansard - 257 - Nov/28/23
Mr. Scot Davidson (York—Simcoe, CPC)
  • Nov/28/23 1:23:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I enjoyed the speech by my colleague from British Columbia. York—Simcoe is now classified as being part of Toronto, which is entirely unbelievable. We talk about the Liberals playing games. They have actually played games by changing the CMA census data. Ridings that are supposed to become urban are being kept rural. With respect to the choices for people in York—Simcoe, we do not have subways and we do not have transit. The member from B.C. knows that my riding is rural, being home to the soup and salad bowl of Canada. How does my colleague think it is fair for the riding of York—Simcoe to be looked at as urban, as though it were part of Toronto?
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Context: House Hansard - 257 - Nov/28/23
Mr. Scot Davidson (York—Simcoe, CPC)
  • Nov/28/23 3:04:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, these Liberals like to go on and on about Canada's AAA credit rating while jacking up taxes and driving more Canadians into poverty. Seventy-one per cent of food bank users say their circumstances— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 257 - Nov/28/23
Mr. Scot Davidson
Mr. Speaker, 71% of food bank users say their circumstances have become much worse after eight years of the NDP-Liberal government. If the Prime Minister spoke to real Canadians lined up at food banks, he would know one cannot feed a family with AAA credit rating. Will the Prime Minister stop blocking the common-sense Conservative bill, Bill C-234, so Canadian families can feed themselves?
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Context: House Hansard - 257 - Nov/28/23
Mr. Scot Davidson (York—Simcoe, CPC)
  • Nov/28/23 4:34:51 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, we have to get back to the issue at hand. We know the Prime Minister is protecting the environment minister now because they cannot allow another carve-out. However, if we read the fine print, there has been another carve-out. The Liberal government stopped some rural ridings from becoming urban to help, for example, the member for Avalon. If his riding were to be ruled as being urban, it would not get the rural top-up all of a sudden. We are again seeing the Liberal government picking winners and losers and who is going to suffer from the carbon tax. My riding is now considered part of Toronto. The soup and salad bowl of Canada is now part of Toronto. Can members imagine that? I wonder if my colleague could comment on the rejigging of the CMAs through Statistics Canada.
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