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House Hansard - 43

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 22, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 43 - Mar/22/22
Ms. Andréanne Larouche (Shefford, BQ)
  • Mar/22/22 10:53:29 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech, in which he talked about the importance of helping Canadians get through this inflationary period. He talked about helping families, but there is another group of people living on fixed incomes and that is seniors. My colleague just talked about an affordable housing strategy. Having an affordable place to live is one thing, but having a fixed income is another. Does my colleague understand that seniors need help? The government is planning to help those 75 and over by upping old age security, but seniors 65 and up need help too. That is what it means to help people on fixed incomes who need support during this inflationary period.
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Context: House Hansard - 43 - Mar/22/22
Ms. Andréanne Larouche (Shefford, BQ)
  • Mar/22/22 12:13:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. He talked about farmers, saying that they want to contribute to the environment, not harm it, but they cannot afford to do that. Instead of continuing to supply them with oil, what does he think about helping our farmers to be part of the solution by promoting good practices and investing in greener measures? Speaking of helping farmers turn to more renewable resources, why not stop investing in pipelines and oil? Why not instead move toward something greener, initiatives like the one on wood put in place by colleagues from the regions, including the member for Jonquière, so that energy sources are much greener and more renewable? Transferring the money to other areas of research and development could help with that transition.
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Context: House Hansard - 43 - Mar/22/22
Ms. Andréanne Larouche (Shefford, BQ)
  • Mar/22/22 1:52:25 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his speech, in which he talked about everything his government is doing with the eco-energy retrofit program. That is great, but meanwhile, his government gave billions of dollars to the oil companies again recently. This did not go unnoticed, and my colleague from Jonquière mentioned it in his speech this morning. Would it not be better to invest this money in social programs first—
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Context: House Hansard - 43 - Mar/22/22
Ms. Andréanne Larouche
  • Mar/22/22 1:53:03 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague talked about what his government has done with respect to green or energy-efficient retrofits. That is good. In the meantime, however, the numbers indicate that his government continues to invest heavily in the oil industry and in pipelines. Would it not be better to invest that money in programs that help the victims of inflation, people with fixed incomes like seniors, including by increasing old age security starting at age 65, instead of 75 like his government is preparing to do? Would it not be better to invest that money in the energy transition, in research and development, in much greener programs? If that money were invested in those two things, it would go a long way to helping people deal with the problem of inflation.
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