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House Hansard - 48

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 29, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 48 - Mar/29/22
Mr. Glen Motz (Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, CPC)
  • Mar/29/22 2:42:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the NDP-Liberal government's planned carbon tax increases on Friday will have a dramatic impact across the country. We know the carbon tax has significant and disproportional negative impacts on prices for the poor, and everything continues to rise. Businesses in my riding have indicated that increased carbon taxes will lower their profits, undermine competitiveness and limit investment. When will the coalition government give Canadians a break and cancel its planned carbon tax increase?
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Context: House Hansard - 48 - Mar/29/22
Mr. Terry Duguid (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Mar/29/22 2:42:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, once again, I want to thank the Parliamentary Budget Officer for his work in pointing out that the price on pollution is progressive and gives eight out of 10 families more in climate action rebates than they pay in. Putting a price on carbon pollution is recognized as one of the most efficient ways to drive down pollution. Again, let me point out that the Conservative member for New Brunswick Southwest is on the record as saying that his province should go back to using the federal carbon price. I agree with that member.
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Context: House Hansard - 48 - Mar/29/22
Mr. Richard Bragdon (Tobique—Mactaquac, CPC)
  • Mar/29/22 2:44:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, recently at committee, the Commissioner of the Environment revealed that there is no metric in place to measure how much Canada’s carbon footprint has been reduced as a result of the carbon tax. This is the core policy of the NDP–Liberal government’s environmental plan. We have no way to know if it is even working after over a decade of it being in use in some parts of our country. What we do know is that this tax is ineffective and punitive, and that it disproportionately affects seniors, farmers, producers and those living in rural communities and small towns. When will the Prime Minister abandon this failed policy and get off the backs of hard-working Canadians?
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Context: House Hansard - 48 - Mar/29/22
Mrs. Laila Goodridge (Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, CPC)
  • Mar/29/22 2:45:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the last thing Canadians can afford right now is anything that will make life less affordable, yet the Liberal government wants to raise the carbon tax by $10 a tonne on April 1. Not only will this cost Canadians an extra 11¢ a litre at the pumps, but it will also have an inflationary impact on the cost of living by raising the prices of groceries, energy bills and everything else. How can the government justify its high-tax, high-deficit agenda when Canadians across the country are already struggling to make ends meet?
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