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House Hansard - 273

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 1, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Hon. Andrew Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle, CPC)
  • Feb/1/24 2:31:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years, the Prime Minister is not worth the cost. The carbon tax is going to drive up food prices again on April 1, when he drives it up by 23%. What is that going to do for food prices? The Keilstra poultry farm in Okotoks has said it is going to go from paying $180,000 this year to $480,000 when the carbon tax is fully quadrupled. These are hundreds of thousands of dollars in extra taxes that all get passed on to the shoppers in the grocery aisles, and the rebate does not cover any of it. If the Prime Minister will not axe the tax, will he at least cancel his April 1 increase so food prices do not go up even further?
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Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Mr. Wayne Long (Saint John—Rothesay, Lib.)
  • Feb/1/24 3:36:14 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to congratulate my friend and colleague from Kings—Hants for his leadership as chair of the Atlantic caucus and for advocating for the pause on the carbon price for home heating fuel and the doubling of the rural rebate to our government. We often hear across the aisle about axing the tax and the carbon price being tripled, but never do we hear about the climate cheque that comes back to Canadians four times a year. Many constituents in my riding appreciate that very much. Eight out of 10 houses get more back than they actually spend with the increase. Would my colleague comment on that?
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Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Mr. Doug Shipley
  • Feb/1/24 4:12:41 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I wish I had more time, but I agree that any time there is anything put in place by the government, it is bureaucracy growth. We saw that over the last eight years, and I am sure that as this increases, the bureaucracy is going to increase also. We need to cut back some of that and get back to helping our residents in Canada.
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