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House Hansard - 272

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
January 31, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 272 - Jan/31/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jan/31/24 2:45:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, actually, when the Medeiros family asked me for help, I went to Enbridge and helped them to get lower-cost natural gas to power their operation. That is the real story. Instead of reading the disinformation from the kids in short pants over in PMO, why does he not deal with the thing that is really hurting that family right now, a $21,000 monthly carbon tax bill that is passed on to the trucker who ships the food and the grocer who sells the food? Once again, how much will Canadians have to pay in higher food prices when he quadruples the carbon tax?
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Context: House Hansard - 272 - Jan/31/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jan/31/24 2:46:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, he mentions drugs. That is another crisis that he has caused. Going back to the cost of food, heat and groceries, the Prime Minister plans to raise the carbon tax again on April 1: another hike to the gas, the heat, the grocery bills; another hit to the Nova Scotia families who cannot afford to pay their utility bills, and another hit to working-class families while he jets around the world carbon tax-free. If he cannot have the common sense to axe the tax, will he at least cancel his plan to hike the tax on April 1?
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Context: House Hansard - 272 - Jan/31/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jan/31/24 2:48:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, 60% of Canadians are paying more in carbon tax than they get back in rebates, and now we learn that 40% of Nova Scotia households are struggling to pay their electricity bills. The carbon tax, of course, applies on the share of electricity that is generated through traditional hydrocarbons and other fossil fuels. The Prime Minister is going to hit Canadians with yet another tax hike on April 1. If he cannot summon the common sense to axe the tax, will he at least cap the tax so Canadians can afford to heat?
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Context: House Hansard - 272 - Jan/31/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Jan/31/24 2:48:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are fighting climate change and creating a stronger economy at the same time as we ensure affordability for Canadians. The carbon rebate cheques that go right across the country in areas where the federal price applies help out eight out of 10 families with more money than they pay for the price on pollution. We will continue to be there to both invest in families and support them, while the Conservative leader proposes to cut rebate cheques to Canadians. We are going to keep doing it while we fight climate change.
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Context: House Hansard - 272 - Jan/31/24
Mr. Mario Simard (Jonquière, BQ)
  • Jan/31/24 6:49:36 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I really appreciate my colleague. I was listening to his speech and, by way of introduction, he told us how good the Conservatives are at fixing and balancing the budget. He also spoke at length about the carbon tax. I see a real carbon tax. It is the one that all Canadians are paying to the oil industry: $30 billion for a pipeline and $12.5 billion to the oil industry for carbon capture and storage. My colleague's leader often says that we have to find a dollar's worth of savings for every dollar spent. I am wondering how they will balance the budget by being so lenient with big oil. Can my colleague enlighten us on that?
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Context: House Hansard - 272 - Jan/31/24
Mr. Dan Mazier
Madam Speaker, I do not know what to say. This is insane. I asked a very simple question about the carbon tax and Bill C-234, and I heard about the Competition Act, which has nothing to do with the carbon tax. I do not know how that is. I asked about how pricing on pollution is making life more affordable. Bill C-234 is going to cost Canadian farmers $1 billion. How is that making it more affordable? Why did the member choose not to answer the question? Why did she read for the Prime Minister's Office? Why did the Prime Minister and the minister not come down and answer these questions? Canadian farmers and Canadians want to know why this carbon tax is costing them so much. It is dragging our whole country down, and the member, I am sorry to say, chose to blow off Canadians and just ignore the whole process. Therefore, I would ask—
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