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House Hansard - 60

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 28, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 60 - Apr/28/22
Mrs. Tracy Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country, CPC)
  • Apr/28/22 3:03:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the environment commissioner's report on carbon pricing states that the government has not addressed the burden from carbon pricing faced by small businesses. There is no plan to get carbon tax money back to small businesses. I met this morning with Ward from Kelowna—Lake Country, who owns an RV business, and much of our conversation was around various tax increases hitting the RV and camping industry. Will the minister admit that the just transition plan is breaking the backs of small businesses and transitioning them to just hang on?
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Context: House Hansard - 60 - Apr/28/22
Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • Apr/28/22 4:36:11 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Madam Speaker, it is important to support small businesses, because they are the heart not only of our economy but of our communities. Our measures have worked. We have prevented economic scarring. We have prevented a wave of bankruptcies, which people were concerned about when COVID first hit. Canada has now recovered 115% of the jobs lost to COVID, compared to just 93% in the United States.
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