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House Hansard - 82

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 6, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 82 - Jun/6/22
Hon. Kerry-Lynne Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock, CPC)
  • Jun/6/22 2:35:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, gas prices in my riding are $2.35 per litre. Drivers and transport of goods and services are all hurting. Huge diesel costs mean that it costs more for stores to get products and that already desperate Canadians pay more and more for groceries and essentials. We are elected to serve and support Canadians, not make life so impossible that their already fragile mental health may collapse. There are common sense answers that this government ignores. When will the Prime Minister give Canadians a break and get rid of ever-rising carbon taxes?
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Context: House Hansard - 82 - Jun/6/22
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Jun/6/22 2:38:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my hon. colleague that according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, eight out of 10 Canadians are better off with carbon pricing. They receive more money from carbon pricing, and emissions are going down. He should look at the 2019 inventory and the 2020 inventory. Emissions are going down. Our plan to fight climate change is working.
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Context: House Hansard - 82 - Jun/6/22
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Jun/6/22 2:41:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, how could approve that? The same day we gave the green light to the Bay du Nord project, we rejected an oil sands project that would have emitted 10 times more greenhouse gases per barrel. We have put a cap on methane emissions. We will reduce methane emissions by 40% to 45% by 2025, and by 75% by 2030. No other country in the world has brought in such significant measures. We took the fight for carbon pricing all the way to the Supreme Court, and that was against several provinces, including Quebec, unfortunately.
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Context: House Hansard - 82 - Jun/6/22
Mr. Eric Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, CPC)
  • Jun/6/22 4:01:53 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, one of the big issues we talk about in the budget, as I am hearing, is gas prices. The member's riding is just on the other side of the provincial border, across from mine in eastern Ontario, and I know that commuters are having a very difficult time with rising gas prices. Can the member confirm that the budget reaffirms the commitment to a carbon tax that adds to the cost of fuel every single year for the foreseeable future? Would he not agree with me that perhaps a gas tax relief holiday on the GST and the carbon tax would keep more money in people's pockets? As the cost of living, groceries and everything goes up, would that not be the better way to help the constituents in his riding?
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Context: House Hansard - 82 - Jun/6/22
Mr. Marc Dalton (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, CPC)
  • Jun/6/22 4:30:37 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, the member seems like quite a decent fellow, but I will just say that his comments and the Liberals are just out of touch. His comment was that we would have to shift our lifestyle and that it is going to be painful. Right now in the Vancouver area, gas is $2.35 a litre. It is 40% to 50% higher than it is right across the line in the United States. People are struggling. They are struggling with making ends meet. They are struggling at the pump. Is the hon. member quite fine with the pain that Canadians are feeling at the grocery stores and at the gas pump from the Liberals' initiatives, including the carbon tax?
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