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House Hansard - 259

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 30, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 259 - Nov/30/23
Mr. Jamie Schmale (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, CPC)
  • Nov/30/23 3:19:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this morning, the Chiefs of Ontario joined the chorus of Canadians decrying the failure of the Liberal carbon tax. This burden inflicted upon first nations, allegedly the most important relationship for this Prime Minister, has forced 133 chiefs to take the government to court in order to get relief. It is clear indigenous communities are not better off after eight long years of this government, nor is more money being put back in the pockets of the people who pay this tax. After yet another failure, will the Prime Minister realize that the carbon tax has failed indigenous peoples and finally axe the tax?
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Context: House Hansard - 259 - Nov/30/23
Mr. Jamie Schmale (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, CPC)
  • Nov/30/23 3:21:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, actually, the Auditor General had a plan for that. It was to approve the 112 infrastructure projects sitting on that minister's desk that would deal with the effects of climate change, adaptation and mitigation. In fact, it was indigenous projects that talked about dikes, dams and culverts, things that would give indigenous communities a fighting chance to stay on their land in the event of an extreme weather event. However, the minister would rather waste money instead of investing one dollar to save six, and rather than the current plan of evacuation, relocation and rebuilding. When will the minister get serious about helping indigenous communities, listen to the Chiefs of Ontario and axe the tax?
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