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House Hansard - 286

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 27, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 286 - Feb/27/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/27/24 2:24:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, “and every other ongoing investigation”. How many police investigations are the Liberals facing? After eight years, the Prime Minister is not worth the cost of food. Today we got a terrible report from the charity, Second Harvest, which reports that this year they expect a million additional visits to food banks, and that last year 36% of charities had to turn people away because they were running out of resources. Will the Prime Minister reverse his inflationary carbon tax on farmers and food?
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Context: House Hansard - 286 - Feb/27/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/27/24 2:25:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what I understand is that after eight years, the NDP-Liberal Prime Minister is not worth the cost of food. If he thought that grocery profits were too high after eight years, one would think that he might have done something about it. Instead, we now have a massive increase. Let us get this straight, Second Harvest predicts there will be a million more visits to food banks this year than in last year's record-breaking year. In fact, many charities can no longer give people food because they have actually run out. In light of the failure of the carbon tax and the pain it is causing, will the Liberals axe the tax so that Canadians can afford to eat?
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Context: House Hansard - 286 - Feb/27/24
Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Lib.)
  • Feb/27/24 2:27:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over the past eight years, I have watched, time and again, the Conservatives stand up to vote against the very measures that are putting money in the pockets of families to help them cover the cost of food. When it comes to the Canada child benefit, we stopped sending cheques to millionaires, so we could put more money in the pockets of nine out of 10 families. When it comes to taxes, we raised taxes on the wealthiest 1% to cut them for the middle class. When it comes to seniors, we put more money in the pockets of low-income single seniors. For every one of these measures, Conservatives have opposed them. We will continue to do what is necessary to allow families to put food on the table, no matter how hard they oppose it.
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Context: House Hansard - 286 - Feb/27/24
Hon. Andrew Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle, CPC)
  • Feb/27/24 2:34:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are going to axe the tax and leave the money in Canadians' pockets in the first place. Canadians are not fooled by this shell game. They know the rebate does not cover all the costs of the carbon tax; manufacturers and producers raise their prices to pay their share of the carbon tax, and all that gets passed on to consumers. Sites like GoFundMe used to be used to help children who lost their parents tragically; now Canadians are turning to crowdsourcing to help pay their food bills. Officials say that 56,000 campaigns were started just to pay for the cost of food alone. Why does the Prime Minister not just axe the tax so prices can come down?
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