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House Hansard - 273

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 1, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Lib.)
  • Feb/1/24 2:30:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, every day, we are going to do our work to make life more affordable for Canadians, including addressing the issue of food prices in our country. Of course, members will recall the introduction of the grocery rebate recently, but we are also putting forward new measures to strengthen our competition laws and are launching recruitment efforts to bring more international grocery chains into Canada, which will create competition in the market place, creating better prices for families. We are going to continue to do what we can to help people who are struggling, including implementing reforms that will help address the cost of food.
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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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