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House Hansard - 84

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 8, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 84 - Jun/8/22
The Speaker
  • Jun/8/22 4:19:22 p.m.
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That is exactly it. Members are presenting their petitions on behalf of their constituents. That is their duty as members.
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Context: House Hansard - 84 - Jun/8/22
Mr. Larry Maguire (Brandon—Souris, CPC)
  • Jun/8/22 10:35:35 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, my colleague just gave an excellent presentation on one of the top tourist areas of Canada. Could the hon. member inform us what concerns the duty-free shops have in his area? If they are anything similar to mine, they have been undermined by the fact that they have had to turn in a lot of their inventory, which they had to carry themselves, and they could not even carry it because of expiry dates. Could the member expand on what he has heard? Maybe he could even expand on the relief that he was speaking about.
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Context: House Hansard - 84 - Jun/8/22
Mr. Tony Baldinelli
  • Jun/8/22 10:36:13 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, yesterday we had an opportunity to meet with representatives from the Frontier Duty Free Association. Two of the three representatives at that meeting were from my riding. They told us that during the pandemic the revenues generated by these duty-free operations were down 90% to 95%. They approached governments for support, and at every turn they were rebuffed in trying to get support to continue their operations. Now that things are beginning to open, after the first two long weekends in both Canada and the United States, they are still 50% down. Again, we are tying the hands of our tourism sector behind its back. We need to allow them to do what they do best and let them welcome visitors from throughout the world. In my community alone, 23% of the visitor base is American, but they generate over 50% of the revenues. When they go home, they have an opportunity to visit a duty-free store, make purchases and then export that back into the United States. We are not allowing them to do that. It is time we make changes so we improve the tourism and hospitality sector.
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