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House Hansard - 273

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 1, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Mr. Richard Lehoux (Beauce, CPC)
  • Feb/1/24 2:44:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians are having a tough time. Two million of them are relying on food banks to feed their families. Meanwhile, the out-of-touch Prime Minister wants to increase the carbon tax again on April 1. Together with their partners in the Bloc Québécois, the Liberals keep making matters worse for Canadians with their so-called environmental plan, which in reality is just a tax plan. Will the Prime Minister use some common sense for once and cancel the April 1 tax increase?
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Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Mr. Richard Lehoux (Beauce, CPC)
  • Feb/1/24 2:46:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is just further proof of how out of touch this government, including the environment minister, is with reality. Canadians across the country are suffering. In Quebec, the carbon tax is having a direct and indirect effect on the cost of groceries, regardless of what the Liberals and the Bloc Québécois are saying. The second carbon tax adds another 20¢ per litre of gas, which has a direct impact on people in Beauce. Unlike the Bloc Québécois, I understand that what is good for Canadians is also good for Quebeckers. We need to reduce the cost of producing and transporting food so that Canadians can put food on their tables. I will ask the same question again. I hope that the Liberals will understand it. Will the Prime Minister cancel the April 1 tax—
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