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Richard Cannings

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
NDP

South Okanagan—West Kootenay
British Columbia
Voting Attendance: 61%
Expenses Last Quarter: $128,729.57

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Context: House Hansard - 150 - Jan/31/23

Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)

Jan/31/23 4:57:32 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-35

Mr. Speaker, I am glad the member brought up the topic of the effect this would have on the labour force. Many businesses in my riding and across the country are looking for workers. In my riding in particular, and in many others, they cannot find workers because there is no place for new workers to live. The housing crisis has made it very difficult for them. One of the obvious solutions to that is to provide a better, more inclusive, more affordable, more accessible day care system that will allow the people who already have a place to live to get back into the workforce, which would then help these businesses move on and succeed in today's world.

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Context: House Hansard - 66 - May/6/22

Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)

May/6/22 11:45:51 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, Canadian businesses pay huge rates on their credit card transactions, almost twice as much as fees in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. In budget 2022, the government admitted that Canada's high credit card fees have been hurting small businesses, which were already hurt by the pandemic. The NDP has been calling for lower fees since back in Jack Layton's campaign over 10 years ago, and despite recognizing the problem, the Liberals keep talking about more talks. When will the Liberals actually crack down on excessive credit card transaction fees and help small businesses?

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Context: House Hansard - 63 - May/3/22

Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)

May/3/22 1:09:49 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-8

Madam Speaker, the member for Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies obviously cares a lot about the farmers in his riding. He also, I know, has a lot of small businesses in his riding and a lot of tourism operators, yet the government has abandoned small businesses and tour operators in the last year, because it has not extended the supports they need to get through this last omicron variant. The tourism industry has pleaded to extend those benefits to the end of the summer. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business wants CEBA loans extended for two years, and the government has abandoned them. I am just wondering why the Conservatives are siding with the government in abandoning small businesses and tour operators.

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Context: House Hansard - 63 - May/3/22

Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)

May/3/22 11:56:46 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-8

Madam Speaker, Bill C-8 and Bill C-2 before it were meant to provide help for businesses struggling to get through the pandemic. They were both drawn up before the omicron variant hit and extended the pandemic by months and months. We have had calls from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and the Tourism Industry Association of Canada to extend the benefits that were there before to help businesses that have struggled to stay alive until now. Even a few months would help some of them get through this pandemic alive, yet we are seeing the government abandon those programs. The Conservatives, as we just heard, are not trying to support businesses and workers. Why did we not help those businesses get through the summer at least?

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