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Gord Johns

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • Courtenay—Alberni
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $148,159.67

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Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Mr. Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni, NDP)
  • Jun/1/23 5:25:41 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I find it just incredible that we are here debating a motion brought forward by the Conservatives to remove the carbon tax. I find it so incredible because they ran on a platform to put a price on carbon, but they got elected, came into the House and then decided that was not what they wanted to do. It feels like Groundhog Day. This is the sixth allotted day that the Conservatives have used to bring forward the exact same motion. Meanwhile, the country is on fire. We are having fires in British Columbia, Alberta and Nova Scotia right now. Again, the oil and gas companies are making record profits. If this were truly about helping people, they would want to charge an excess profit tax on oil and gas. My colleague talked about imagination. Instead of debating the same issue over and over again, can he share maybe six items that are more important that could be debated today, such as things that might help seniors or veterans, or things that might actually tackle the climate crisis or ensure that people have a place to live?
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Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Mr. Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni, NDP)
  • Jun/1/23 4:55:04 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to talk about what is fair, open and honest. What is fair is making sure that big oil pays its fair share. We can look to Britain where they have an excess profit tax of 25% on oil and gas. Here in Canada, we cannot get the Liberals or Conservatives to charge a tax on excess profit on oil and gas, which is having record profits and at the same time is increasing prices for consumers, as the member alluded to in how that is impacting the cost of goods. What I find amazing are B.C. MPs who come here to the House and they know that the carbon tax in Canada does not apply in British Columbia, because we have our own carbon tax that was created by the B.C. Liberals or the B.C. United, however we want to call it. I think about the member for Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge who actually sat in the B.C. legislature that brought in the carbon tax in B.C., but he comes here, sits in the House and rails against it. It is quite unbelievable to see this. The Conservatives always say that they are fighting for working people, but eight out of 10 Canadians on the federal carbon tax will get it back. The two out of 10 who will not get it back, they will not tell us, but that is actually who they are fighting for: the two out of 10. Will my colleague have the courage to push the government to charge an excess profit tax on oil and gas and return it to Canadians? Does he understand—
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