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House Hansard - 278

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 8, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Hon. Andrew Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle, CPC)
  • Feb/8/24 2:20:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, those were the first five years we inherited from a previous soft-on-crime Liberal government. However, it is not just crime that this government's policy is making worse. On April 1, the Prime Minister is going to drive up grocery prices again with another hike to his carbon tax, and the impact from this affects Canadians every step of the way from farm to fork. Keith Warriner, a professor at the University of Guelph, said that 44% of growers are operating at a loss presently, and three-quarters have difficulty offsetting production cost increases. Instead of driving grocery prices up even higher, why does the Prime Minister not cancel his plan to hike the carbon tax?
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Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Mr. Dave Epp (Chatham-Kent—Leamington, CPC)
  • Feb/8/24 2:45:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the carbon tax on food is working against Canadians by decreasing both the amount and the type of food they buy. Visits to food banks are at record highs, with over two million visits, and just think of the new records we are going to set once the carbon tax is quadrupled. Highline Mushrooms is in Leamington. It supplies American and Canadian retailers with mushrooms. Its American competitors do not have to pay the carbon tax, so it is forced to pass along the carbon tax cost to the Canadian consumer. The Prime Minister is not worth the cost. When will he axe the tax?
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Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Hon. Lawrence MacAulay (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lib.)
  • Feb/8/24 2:47:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, being a farmer, I am well aware of how important it is to take care of the environment. That is why it is so important to have a tax on pollution. In fact, last Tuesday in committee, Tyler McCann of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute indicated to the committee members that there is no data to support that carbon pricing is resulting in any increase in the price of groceries.
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