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House Hansard - 79

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 1, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 79 - Jun/1/22
Mr. Daniel Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona, NDP)
  • Jun/1/22 2:53:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have to say that a culture change is going to take much better answers coming from the top than that. Canadians certainly did not cause inflation, but they are paying for it. They are paying for it at the grocery store and now they are paying for it with another interest rate hike by the Bank of Canada. While there are things outside the government's control, there are things that it can do. Even Boris Johnson has seen fit to bring in a windfall tax on oil and gas companies making a ton of money on the backs of people during this period of inflation. That is money the government could use to double the GST credit and raise the Canada child benefit by $500. Will the Prime Minister get up and commit to these things, instead of talking about what he did in 2016?
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Context: House Hansard - 79 - Jun/1/22
Mr. Dan Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, CPC)
  • Jun/1/22 2:56:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, with today's interest rate hike, more and more households will have less to pay for rising fuel and grocery costs. Other G7 countries are trying to help with skyrocketing gas prices, but the Prime Minister is making things worse. His big spending has been called inflationary by the Parliamentary Budget Officer and his carbon tax has been called inflationary by the Governor of the Bank of Canada. The Conservatives have proposed a temporary cut to GST at the pumps to help Canadians. Will the Prime Minister finally quit his worn out talking points and finally give the middle class and those striving to join it a break?
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