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House Hansard - 276

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 6, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 276 - Feb/6/24
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Feb/6/24 10:58:42 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is always interesting to listen to the minister's speeches. He is a well-known parliamentarian and well established here in the House, as well as in his riding and his province. Speaking of his province, New Brunswick, we know it is one of the places where, unfortunately, this auto theft scourge is the most glaring and devastating. We are talking about an increase of more than 120% in New Brunswick since this government was elected. Moncton has seen an increase in auto theft of over 190%. Let us come a bit closer to home, in the province of Quebec. The minister said that a few days ago he went to visit the people working at the port of Montreal. That is great. He was impressed by the quality of the work. We too have been there. The problem is that there is quite a shortage of workers. Could the minister tell us whether having five people work at the port of Montreal to analyze the content of the cargo is enough?
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Context: House Hansard - 276 - Feb/6/24
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Feb/6/24 3:07:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the Liberal government, one thing is for sure: Canadians are paying more taxes. The other thing we know for sure is that Liberal carbon taxes are the cornerstone of the Liberal approach to fighting climate change. Do they actually work, though? That is why my colleague from Manitoba tabled a written question. The minister wrote back and said, “the government does not measure the annual amount of emissions that are directly reduced by federal carbon pricing.” Why tax when there is no way to assess?
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Context: House Hansard - 276 - Feb/6/24
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Feb/6/24 3:08:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to know who is answering my questions. Is it the environment minister who claims that things are in the works, or the environment minister who signs off on things we cannot assess? Which one is speaking today? Is it the environment minister under whose watch Canada went from ranking 58th to 62nd on climate performance? That is the Liberal's track record. Why do you keep imposing taxes? You have no way to assess their effectiveness.
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