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Lori Idlout

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • Nunavut
  • Nunavut
  • Voting Attendance: 66%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $178,285.32

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Context: House Hansard - 254 - Nov/23/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Nov/23/23 10:51:03 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, I would like to thank the member for taking this debate seriously, unlike the previous MP, who chose to use her time to entertain people and possibly create some kind of platform for future entertainment. Knowing that Canada's three largest grocers, Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro, made more than $3.6 billion in combined profits in 2022, it is good to see that the Liberals are finally talking to CEOs and asking them to stabilize prices, although just nicely. I hear from this member that we have to be more serious about how to make better efforts to amend the Competition Act and bring more grocery competition into Canada. I wonder if the member can share his thoughts on how we could make sure that we can bring grocery prices down.
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Context: House Hansard - 245 - Nov/2/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Nov/2/23 1:33:11 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, Nunavut relies completely on diesel for energy for home heating and for everything, basically. All of its oil and gas is from the south; we do not have any that we extract on our own. Therefore, when we get that oil and gas, it is from companies in Canada. Canada's five biggest oil and gas companies made $38.3 billion in combined profits last year alone. Does the member agree that there needs to be a windfall profits tax on oil and gas so those funds can then be diverted to renewable energy that needs to be supported, such as Hydro-Québec's fibre-optic link project?
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Context: House Hansard - 238 - Oct/24/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Oct/24/23 2:51:58 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, in Nunavut, one bottle of orange juice is $24 and one can of chicken soup is $10. Nutrition north is subsidizing corporate greed. It is not lowering grocery prices. Last weekend, the NDP leader and I heard from Nunavummiut. They said they can barely make ends meet. Meanwhile, the North West Company continues to report sky-high profits. When will the Liberals introduce an excess profits tax and reform nutrition north so it can help people, not CEOs?
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Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Jun/1/23 5:10:34 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, as I said earlier, oil and gas companies are showing record profits. As an example, Suncor only pays one-fourteenth of the full carbon price in the scheme. I agree that carbon pricing is not the only solution. There have to be many potential solutions, and we need to do better to help protect the environment. I wonder if the member agrees that protecting the pockets of billion-dollar corporations is not the right approach for addressing this issue.
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Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Jun/1/23 3:54:00 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, cutting the price on pollution is not a solution that will stop pollution. Oil and gas companies are among the corporations that are showing the greatest profits. Why do the Conservatives prefer stacking the deck for billionaire CEOs over helping working people in Canada?
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Context: House Hansard - 160 - Feb/14/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Feb/14/23 4:43:38 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, I have been in this debate all day, and I have heard similar responses to this question that I have asked, which is about the disparity between major for-profit corporations raking in billions in profits and people like those he described in his constituency, people struggling to pay for groceries. How does the member explain the disparity between those major corporation profiting in the billions and people struggling to pay for groceries?
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Context: House Hansard - 160 - Feb/14/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Feb/14/23 3:59:07 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, I extend my congratulations to the member and his wife for their anniversary. What I think is broken is oil and gas companies seeing a 1,011% change in their net annual incomes since 2019. That is a $38-billion change, according to Statistics Canada. I would like to ask this member what he tells his constituents as Conservatives continue to protect these profits from taxation, which could go toward helping families who are struggling to pay for groceries.
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Context: House Hansard - 160 - Feb/14/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Feb/14/23 3:44:24 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, allowing big polluters off the hook needs to stop. Does the member agree that as a way to do this there needs to be taxation on big oil, which keeps having record profits? Does the member agree that in order to make sure we are coming up with better solutions, more revenue needs to be put into the Canada revenue?
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Context: House Hansard - 160 - Feb/14/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Feb/14/23 3:27:51 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, the Liberals have voted against an excess profits tax on oil and gas that would make them pay what they owe. Despite their promises to end fossil fuel subsidies, they have increased them even though big oil is showing record profits. When will the government extend the Canada revenue dividend to big oil so those profits could be used to help families?
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Context: House Hansard - 160 - Feb/14/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Feb/14/23 1:46:31 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, I would like to thank the member for discussing the increased usage of food banks. While this increase has been happening, at the same time Loblaws' gross profits were up by 30.8% in the third quarter of 2022. Corporate greed as such needs to be taxed so families can stop going to food banks. Does the member agree?
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Context: House Hansard - 160 - Feb/14/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Feb/14/23 10:58:40 a.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, I want to ask a question about this statement. The Conservatives have quoted Tiff Macklem saying, “inflation in Canada increasingly reflects what's happening in Canada”. To me that shows that Loblaws, which had a 38% increase in its third-quarter profits in 2022, is not being taxed enough. Does the member agree that there needs to be a windfall profit tax on corporations like Loblaws?
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Context: House Hansard - 155 - Feb/7/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Feb/7/23 4:35:39 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, I had the pleasure of meeting with the Canadian Labour Congress today, which told me its workers are experiencing challenges because of the rising cost of inflation and wages not increasing. Meanwhile, we know of businesses like Imperial Oil, which is making huge profits. It made $2.4 billion in the last quarter, which was a sixfold increase compared to the same quarter last year. I wonder if the hon. member can explain why the Liberals will not put a windfall profits tax on big oil and gas companies.
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Context: House Hansard - 142 - Dec/6/22
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Dec/6/22 3:35:06 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Uqaqtittiji, I am going to ask the member a similar question I have asked other members. Given the context that, as we all know, some major corporations are making major profits, windfall taxes on corporations like Loblaws and oil companies need to happen, because the people he talked about are the ones who are suffering the most. Revenues from windfall taxes could go upward of $4.3 billion, if this kind of windfall tax was put on corporations like Loblaws and oil and gas companies. Does the member agree these major corporations need to pay their fair share of taxes?
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Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Nov/17/22 12:56:10 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Uqaqtittiji, as I have mentioned before, food bank usage is up and grocery store profits are up. It is good to see that in the bill the Liberals have created the Canada recovery dividend, but it will not do enough. I wonder if the member can explain why the government has not extended the Canada recovery dividend to big box stores that are clearly contributing to the hardship that people are facing?
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Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Nov/17/22 11:09:05 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Uqaqtittiji, there are 16 Northern stores in northern Quebec. Northern showed profits of $13.2 million, and it is subsidized by the nutrition north program. I wonder if the member agrees that the Canada recovery dividend proposed in this bill needs to be extended to the profits of grocery stores, which are in the millions of dollars.
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Context: House Hansard - 127 - Nov/15/22
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Nov/15/22 10:42:52 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Uqaqtittiji, the member asked where families are to get this money from and mentioned that there is no meaningful solution. I would say that there is a meaningful solution in the Canada recovery dividend, which will gain $1 billion over five years. Although this is not enough, does the member agree that this windfall tax needs to be extended to major corporations reporting record profits, like Loblaws, which has been showing $1 million a day in profits?
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Context: House Hansard - 126 - Nov/14/22
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Nov/14/22 6:23:03 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Uqaqtittiji, the member neglected to mention the profits that were being made by grocery stores in the north, so I will mention very quickly that The North West Company, which is a grocery store in the north, including in the northern communities he mentioned, has had increases in sales of 2.4%. It profited by $13.2 million, or 63.9% more than prepandemic figures. It also reported an increase in the dividend payments it will be giving to its shareholders. Does the member agree that the Canada recovery dividend needs to be extended to these big box stores that are clearly contributing to the hardships people are facing?
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Context: House Hansard - 109 - Oct/6/22
Ms. Lori Idlout
  • Oct/6/22 12:32:00 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, the first question I would ask is how they formulate profits over prices, because prices do not need to be at the cost of profits going to CEOs.
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Context: House Hansard - 109 - Oct/6/22
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Oct/6/22 11:50:40 a.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, Canadians deserve answers. We deserve to learn why corporate greed is protected while Canadians pay more for food. This motion is a way to try to get some of those answers. Does the member agree that the agriculture committee should call the CEOs of the major grocery chains to come and explain their excessive profits?
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Context: House Hansard - 109 - Oct/6/22
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Oct/6/22 11:03:15 a.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, people are clearly frustrated that they are paying more for food, but the CEOs of big food chains are making big profits on the backs of people, and we are not villainizing these people. For the seven years that the Liberals have been in power, this government has protected the profits of the wealthiest by refusing to toughen the Competition Act to punish the CEOs of the big companies that are overcharging consumers and agricultural producers. Why do the Liberals refuse to ban the price-gouging strategies of wealthy CEOs at the expense of the people?
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