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House Hansard - 82

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 6, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 82 - Jun/6/22
Mr. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, CPC)
  • Jun/6/22 5:29:57 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, my question is on the point the member was just speaking about, the issue of dental care. People pay taxes to the government and then the government decides how to fund dental care. Presumably that is the policy objective of the government. Why does the government not simply cut taxes or provide additional financing directly to low-income individuals who are identified as vulnerable and let them choose how to spend their own money as they wish, whether it is on dental care or other things that are priorities for them? Why not give people more control over their own lives and their own money by targeting support to the most vulnerable? Why is it necessary for the government to create a new program to control how it would spend those resources for people?
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Context: House Hansard - 82 - Jun/6/22
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Jun/6/22 6:18:27 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Jonquière for his speech. To be clear, the budget proposes to invest a total of $7.1 billion, until 2030, in a new subsidy for the oil and gas sector in the form of a carbon capture and storage tax credit, which academics across the country have called a false climate solution. I know my colleague shares my disappointment in that regard. Can he elaborate on how that money could be provided to workers to support a successful transition?
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