44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 15, 2024 10:00AM
- Feb/15/24 3:02:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister easily found $60 million for his ArriveCAN app, but he still wants to quadruple the carbon tax on gas, groceries and home heating. While the typical Canadian family will pay $700 more to put food on the table this year, the Prime Minister is raising the carbon tax by 23% on April 1.
After eight years of the Liberal-NDP government, more and more Canadians are struggling to make ends meet and pay for food, heat and housing. The Prime Minister is not worth the tax or the cost.
Will the Prime Minister give Canadians some relief and axe the tax?
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- Feb/15/24 3:02:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, unlike the Conservatives, who want to take money away from Canadians, we are putting money back in the pockets of Canadians through rebates.
I have a question for my hon. friend: Will he cut the $1,100 for Ontario families? How about the $1,800 for Alberta families? How about the $1,200 that Manitoba families are going to get back?
He wants to deny climate change. He wants to cut rebates for Canadians. That does not sound like common sense to me.
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- Feb/15/24 3:03:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's NDP-Liberal friends got rich turning the arrive scam app into a $60-million grift for an $80,000 app. If hurting taxpayers for the personal gain of Liberals was not enough, now the Prime Minister is going to increase the cost of everything on April 1 when he increases the carbon tax by 23%.
Nova Scotians will pay $2,100 more than they get back for this carbon tax. After eight years, the Prime Minister is not worth the cost.
When will the Liberals stop hurting Canadians and axe the carbon tax?
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- Feb/15/24 3:04:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let us focus on what Canadians are actually getting back. In 2023-24, Ontario received $976; Alberta, $1,500; Saskatchewan, $1,300; Manitoba, $1,000; Newfoundland, $900; Nova Scotia, $700; P.E.I., $700; and New Brunswick, $500.
These are rebates and the Conservatives want—
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- Feb/15/24 3:04:31 p.m.
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Order.
The hon. President of the Treasury Board.
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- Feb/15/24 3:04:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it does not make sense. It is not common sense to deny climate change and to cut money from Canadian families.
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- Feb/15/24 3:05:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years under the Liberal Prime Minister, costs are up. Already, a typical family of four will pay $700 more in groceries in 2024 compared with last year. I have talked to moms who are skipping meals, simply so they can feed their children; however, for this extremist NDP-Liberal coalition, this is not enough. It is going to continue punishing Canadians, raising the carbon tax on April 1.
The question is simple: Will it do the right thing and axe the tax?
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- Feb/15/24 3:05:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we will do the right thing. We will continue to fight climate change and make sure that Albertans have more money in their pockets than they are paying in the carbon pricing, with $1,800 to a family of four and, if one gets the 20% rural top-up, $2,160.
Let us dial that back. It will be $450 every three months into the—
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- Feb/15/24 3:06:04 p.m.
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Order.
I stood up a couple of times because I had difficulty hearing the answers from the hon. members. I am going to ask hon. members to hold their comments back until they are asking a question.
The hon. minister has 12 seconds, if he chooses.
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- Feb/15/24 3:06:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I choose to use the 12 seconds, because Albertans need to know that falsehoods from the Conservatives do not pay the bills. The Canada carbon rebate helps. That is why we put it in place.
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- Feb/15/24 3:06:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, strong, vibrant communities are good for everyone. In my riding, Maxxmar Window Fashions, led by Norbert Marocco, has been operating since 2007 and continues to help make ridings like mine and Canada a better place to live, work and raise a family.
A key ingredient for any successful business, of course, is drive and a determination to grow and keep building on past successes. Anyone who has met Norbert knows that his business has that in spades.
Can the Minister of International Trade share with the House how our government is supporting businesses that want to grow and expand their businesses to new markets?
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- Feb/15/24 3:07:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada is a trading nation, and our businesses create great jobs for our workers. While the Conservatives voted against the trade agreement with Ukraine, we will keep helping businesses grow with confidence.
What a success story this is of a Canadian company selling internationally. Our government is making those investments to open doors and, in this case, open blinds.
On this side of the House, I am proud to work with the member for Humber River—Black Creek. I want to thank her for her incredible leadership as the chair of the trade committee, and I hope this business is going to consider exporting to Ukraine.
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- Feb/15/24 3:08:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a new report on rent prices across Canada confirms what Canadians already know: Rent prices are skyrocketing while real estate CEOs are making record profits.
Which city had rental prices go up the fastest? It is my home city of Edmonton. That is because the Liberals are leaving it up to Danielle Smith and corporate developers, who are failing to build homes that people can actually afford.
When will the government act to lower rents so people in Edmonton have a place to call home?
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- Feb/15/24 3:08:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, $470 million is the amount the federal government has allocated through, among other things, the Canada housing benefit, which was recently topped up.
We will continue to support Canadians going through a difficult time and make sure that we are working with different orders of government to ensure that the outcome is a real, lasting and meaningful one for Canadians who are challenged right now.
I would also point to other measures that we are taking to ensure more homes are being built, for example, lifting the GST off purpose-built rentals and making sure low-interest loans are available to builders. That is how we get more supply in the market.
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- Feb/15/24 3:09:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on Monday, February 26, the 13th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization will open in Abu Dhabi. Amazingly, just eight weeks ago, that same country closed on an ambitious climate agenda from COP28, referred to as the United Arab Emirates consensus.
Will the government use that synchronicity, get in there and make sure that the 13th trade ministerial is a climate ministerial that makes the WTO back off from the climate deals and let us do the work to deliver on our Paris commitments?
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- Feb/15/24 3:10:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for her advocacy, particularly on the environment.
Canada is a trading nation and later this month I will be representing Canada at the World Trade Organization ministerial. As a trading nation, our businesses, investors and workers depend on a rules-based trading system with the World Trade Organization at its core. While there I will continue to always fight for climate change while we grow the economy and create great green jobs.
I look forward to making sure that Canada continues to do the work of fighting climate change.
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- Feb/15/24 3:11:00 p.m.
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The hon. member for La Prairie on a point of order.
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- Feb/15/24 3:11:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in response to a question from my colleague from Lac-Saint-Jean, the Minister of Immigration said that the Bloc Québécois wanted to deport immigrants in Canada.
We are all parliamentarians. We know that words have meaning. When we talk about deportation, we are talking about crimes against humanity. When we talk about deportation in Canada, we always think of the deportation of the Acadians.
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Mr. Alain Therrien: I am sorry, but this is important. People need to understand that the person who has the floor must be respected.
I call on the minister to withdraw his comments and apologize.
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- Feb/15/24 3:11:33 p.m.
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I listened carefully to the point of order raised by the hon. member for La Prairie. It seems to me that this is more a matter of debate, which is acceptable here in the House.
The hon. member for La Prairie.
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- Feb/15/24 3:12:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member for Salaberry—Suroît raised a point of order on February 1 regarding the fact that the Minister of Immigration had accused the leader of the Bloc Québécois of comparing immigrants to heat pumps.
We asked the Speaker to insist that he apologize. We have heard nothing since. I would like to know when the Minister of Immigration will be called to order and asked to apologize for all the nonsense he says in Parliament.
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