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House Hansard - 278

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 8, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
  • Feb/8/24 2:28:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, people are feeling the squeeze at the grocery store. Food banks have been over capacity for months. Liberal members from Montreal know this. It is happening in their ridings, just as it is in ours. Unlike the Liberals, the NDP is solution-oriented. Our bill to lower grocery prices passed yesterday, even though the Liberals voted against lowering prices for Quebeckers. The Liberals really want to keep the Sobey family and Galen Weston happy. Are the Liberals afraid of making Loblaw's boss lose money?
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Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP)
  • Feb/8/24 2:29:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Liberals voted no on the NDP bill to lower food prices for Canadians. They voted against giving the Competition Bureau more power to crack down on greedy grocery chains that take advantage of families. Sky-high food prices are forcing Canadians with full-time jobs to resort to food banks to feed their families. Under those out-of-touch Liberals, ultrarich CEOs win and Canadians lose. Why are the Liberals determined to keep grocery prices high for Canadians?
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Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Feb/8/24 2:45:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would agree with the Conservative member for Regina—Lewvan, who recognized that there is absolutely no data to support any link between the price on pollution and higher grocery pricing. In fact, there is no pricing on pollution in the United States of America, and its grocery prices are the same as we have here in Canada.
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