SummarySpren for "Consideration of Senate amendments"
- • The motion being discussed is an attempt to restore the original version of the bill, without the amendments made by the Senate.
• The Liberal party has appointed several Senators, including one who previously served as a Liberal MP in the House of Commons, to help pass the bill.
- • The cost of butter has increased by 300% over the past eight years, from $2.49 to $7.49 per pound.
• The speaker is asking how the bill being discussed would help address this issue and bring down the cost of butter for households.
- • The Bloc Québécois supports the agricultural exemption principle and believes that farmers, who feed us and work hard, deserve respect and support.
• The party is willing to grasp tangible gains within reach and do politics with the future in mind, not the next election.
- • Passing Bill C-234 and offering an exemption to the carbon tax for propane and natural gas would save farmers close to a billion dollars by 2030.
• The GST on the carbon tax alone cost Canadians almost $500 million last year, and by 2030, it will be a billion dollars. Cumulatively, over the past several years and by 2030, Canadians will have paid $6 billion for GST just on the carbon tax.