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House Hansard - 42

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 21, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 42 - Mar/21/22
Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Mar/21/22 12:27:16 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, to address the issue of wealth inequity, something NDP members often talk about, I made reference to the issue of the 1% wealthiest being taxed as one of the first initiatives this government took. I have also in the past made reference to substantial increases to the GIS and government investments. Recently we made announcements across Canada of a national child care program for billions of dollars. That is, I would ultimately argue, a redistribution that is taking place. Therefore, there are different ways that we can tackle this problem. One of the other ways, and I would ask for the member's comments in regard to this issue, is that there are a lot of people who avoid paying taxes. Over the last five years, we have invested close to $1 billion in going after those people because there is a lot of wealth that is being avoided in taxes. Could the member provide his thoughts in terms of providing Revenue Canada with the proper tools to ensure that we are collecting fair taxes?
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Context: House Hansard - 42 - Mar/21/22
Mr. Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, BQ)
  • Mar/21/22 1:26:33 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I enjoyed the speech given by my colleague from Mirabel. We can always count on him to identify the limitations of the market in a crisis. He would make the founding fathers of political economy proud, because they emphasized the importance of redistribution. My colleague is offering to teach a course in economics, so I suggest that he also offer a course in economic history. Historically, whenever there was a crisis, governments always opted for a policy of redistribution through taxes. Can my colleague tell me whether this is true or false, and provide more details?
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Context: House Hansard - 42 - Mar/21/22
Ms. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné
  • Mar/21/22 1:36:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. Equity and social justice are extremely important to the Bloc Québécois. In this particular case, we are talking about a 3% surtax, that is, from 15% to 18%, for companies that already have profits over $1 billion, so it amounts to a redistribution. Of course, every well-intentioned parliamentarian in this place should want those profits to be shared with our most vulnerable citizens.
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Context: House Hansard - 42 - Mar/21/22
Ms. Marie-Hélène Gaudreau (Laurentides—Labelle, BQ)
  • Mar/21/22 1:54:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have been debating for a few hours already, and we always come back to the same thing. We understand very well that banks are being asked to contribute and that the 3% surtax is necessary for a redistribution of wealth. Earlier, I was asking my NDP colleague whether he would vote in favour of any Bloc Québécois measures to address the problems we have experienced and are now experiencing. What I understand from my colleague's comments is that when the Bloc Québécois makes proposals that are directly related to the collective well-being, the NPD will support them.
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