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Jacques Gourde

  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Lévis—Lotbinière
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 68%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $145,672.97

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Context: House Hansard - 144 - Dec/8/22
Mr. Jacques Gourde (Lévis—Lotbinière, CPC)
  • Dec/8/22 11:42:01 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I listened to the speech by my colleague, which contained a lot of dreams and assumptions, but I would like to talk about something tangible. In 2030, the carbon tax will represent $30 an acre in Canada. Over 400 million acres, that means Canadian farmers will have to pay $12 billion a year. According to my colleague, what part of that $12 billion could go back to the farmers, if they even get one cent?
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Context: House Hansard - 144 - Dec/8/22
Mr. Jacques Gourde (Lévis—Lotbinière, CPC)
  • Dec/8/22 11:26:10 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to reassure my colleague, who is also my office neighbour, about three things. First of all, there will be no visits from our Saudi Arabian friends this holiday season in my riding because we have Valero Energy, the largest refinery in Quebec, which sources its crude oil from Canada and the United States. Second, in his speech, my hon. colleague talked about the fact that, with the bill, farmers would get GST refunds. The GST is already refunded. It is an input. The GST and QST have been refunded for the past 30 years. Here is my final point. I wonder if my colleague has ever seen a propane bill from one of the farmers in his riding that shows the carbon tax rate, which is increasing in line with the Liberal formula. Has my colleague ever personally seen a real-life propane bill for drying grain in Quebec that includes the carbon tax rate?
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