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House Hansard - 273

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 1, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Feb/1/24 1:04:27 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I found some aspects of my colleague's speech really interesting. She has done a great deal of research on this to justify the carbon tax, and I commend her for that. However, I would like to hear her thoughts on the following fact. In the last two federal budgets, the government introduced six tax credits that will total $83 billion by 2035. These tax credits are primarily intended for oil companies. What does she think of that? Is that okay? Should that money not be invested somewhere else? She was talking about climate change. Should investments not target climate action?
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Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Mr. Kevin Lamoureux
  • Feb/1/24 4:38:28 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, there are different ways in which we can support Canada's working class, especially at the low end, through the credit system. We see basic income increases and even cuts, as I pointed out earlier, to the middle class. We have seen dramatic increases to supports for children through the Canada child program and, more recently, the enactment of a child care program that will see $10-a-day day care. I believe most provinces are now providing that. We are talking about literally hundreds of millions of dollars of investment. The dental program has been helping children and will be helping seniors this year. We continue to work at expanding that. There are all sorts of investments a progressive government can actually make, and that we have made, in order to ensure that there is higher equity among the population. That includes, by the way, getting tougher on—
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Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Mr. Marc Serré
  • Feb/1/24 7:32:04 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the Government of Canada has invested millions of dollars in partnership with first nations, Métis and Inuit communities. I will give some examples. There is the Old Crow solar project in Yukon with the first nations of Vuntut Gwitchin. There is also the Burchill Wind Farm in New Brunswick, with the Tobique First Nation. The Oneida Energy Storage project, with the Six Nations in Ontario, is another example. There is the Bekevar Wind project and the Awasis Solar Project with the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan. These are examples of investments we have made with first nations. I could name many more, but these projects are just some of the ways we are partnering with indigenous leaders to deliver energy security, clean power and emissions reductions.
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