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Context: House Hansard - 291 - Mar/19/24

Mrs. Anna Roberts (King—Vaughan, CPC)

Mar/19/24 1:57:50 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, today we were at the Standing Committee on the Status of Women and the member for Peterborough—Kawartha put forward a motion to stop the carbon tax so single mothers could afford to feed their families. The Bloc, the NDP and the Liberals all voted against it. Is this what the government cares about? It does not care about single moms. It does not care about how they are going to feed their children, because its members did not vote with us. Could she tell us how we are going to help these poor single mothers?

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Context: House Hansard - 291 - Mar/19/24

Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)

Mar/19/24 2:18:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, eight out of 10 families across the country, in the regions where we have put a federal price on pollution, are getting more money with the price on pollution. What the Leader of the Opposition is proposing is not only to take away the cheques that are given to families to help with the cost of groceries, rent and the impact of climate change, but also to do nothing to fight climate change and build a stronger future. We are here to help Canadians with cheques. We are here to fight climate change.

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Context: House Hansard - 291 - Mar/19/24

Mrs. Rachael Thomas (Lethbridge, CPC)

Mar/19/24 2:47:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think what is clear is that the Liberals have a dysfunctional relationship with the truth. Canadians pay more than they actually get back, and so for the average Albertan family, they pay $2,943. Meanwhile, they get back $2,032, which means that, ultimately, they are a thousand dollars in the hole. That is how much they are having to remit to the government. That is how much the government is pickpocketing from them. Why is the government doing that to Canadians when they are already struggling to pay their bills, make ends meet and provide for their families?

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Context: House Hansard - 291 - Mar/19/24

Mr. Michael McLeod (Northwest Territories, Lib.)

Mar/19/24 2:55:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we all recognize the crucial importance of successful, high-quality child care for families in the Northwest Territories. With the increase in the cost of living, accessible day care is vital. Families in my riding and across the north have been eager to see this plan built out. My question for the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development is what is being done for the Northwest Territories and for northerners more broadly?

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Context: House Hansard - 291 - Mar/19/24

Hon. Jenna Sudds (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)

Mar/19/24 2:56:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it was wonderful to be in the Northwest Territories with my colleague. I met with Jude from the Yellowknife Day Care Association, Jennifer at Aurora College and many others who were able to share with me first-hand the impact of our Canada-wide system on making life more affordable. As of April 1, families in the Northwest Territories will see their child care fees reduced to an average of $10 a day, saving them up to $9,000 each year per child. These are meaningful savings each and every month for the moms and dads in the Northwest Territories to put towards the essentials their families need.

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Context: House Hansard - 291 - Mar/19/24

Hon. Marc Miller (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)

Mar/19/24 3:04:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, imagine being a doctor and being asked to accept 10 patients, but instead being sent 20. That is ridiculous, and that is the situation Quebec families find themselves in. What I am hearing from the Bloc Québécois is contempt for Quebec families. What do they say to Quebeckers who want to be reunited with their loved ones from abroad? This is tearing Quebec families apart. It is tearing Canadian families apart. We will work with Quebec to rectify the situation.

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Context: House Hansard - 291 - Mar/19/24

Mr. John Brassard

Mar/19/24 4:04:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the cost of living is currently on the rise across the country because the NDP has supported so many of the Liberal government's policies. I do not think he heard what I was saying before, which is that there are families in this country who are paying more in the carbon tax than what they are getting back. According to the data from the Parliamentary Budget Officer, in Ontario, the province that I live in, the fiscal and economic net impact on a family is $1,820. I have no reason to not believe the Parliamentary Budget Officer; he is an independent officer of Parliament whose job is to assess this data and give us the information according to the data he assesses. This means the family is paying more than it is getting back in the carbon tax. The fact is that there are premiers in this country who are now calling on the government to stop the carbon tax, to axe the tax on April 1. They are listening to their constituents, as I am doing, and 81% of my constituents have told me that they do not want this carbon tax to occur. They certainly do not want to pay for future increases that are going to happen under the Liberal government's plan.

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