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Tracy Gray

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Kelowna—Lake Country
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 68%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $131,412.70

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Context: House Hansard - 174 - Mar/28/23
Mrs. Tracy Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country, CPC)
  • Mar/28/23 2:54:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this just shows how completely out of touch the government is with small businesses. I represent thousands of people in my community who work at wineries, breweries, cideries and distilleries, and I have seen how hard business owners like Richard have worked. I have seen how hard Richard has worked planting his vineyard, going to school and building a small winery, and the struggles he has had, whether they have been bears eating his grapes or the government increasing his taxes. After 40-high inflation, Richard cannot afford the Liberal plan for a 6% excise tax increase that would crush his bottom line. Will the Liberals listen to small business owners like Richard and cancel the April 1 excise tax increase in today's budget?
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Context: House Hansard - 38 - Mar/1/22
Mrs. Tracy Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country, CPC)
  • Mar/1/22 3:03:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, thanks to the Liberals, all winery, cidery, brewery and distillery owners will wake up on April 1 to an increase in their excise taxes. Most owners I have talked to have struggled along due to perpetual lockdowns. Most do not fall within Bill C-2's benefits, and any potential offset does not come close to bridging their losses. One winery owner I spoke to will have a $50,000 excise tax hit. Unlike the finance minister, I have owned my own small business and I have had to read financial statements. Will the minister cancel the April Fool's Day excise tax increase?
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Context: House Hansard - 31 - Feb/15/22
Mrs. Tracy Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country, CPC)
  • Feb/15/22 2:57:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that was not an answer to my question at all. When Canadian winery, brewery, cidery and distillery workers and owners wake up on April 1, they will be hit with this automatic tax increase on excise, thanks to the Liberals. Of these producers, 95% are small businesses that have already been hit with payroll tax increases, labour shortages, increases in debt and slower sales due to perpetual lockdowns. Now is not the time to be increasing any taxes on small businesses, so will the Liberals cancel this bad April Fool's Day tax increase?
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