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House Hansard - 84

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 8, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 84 - Jun/8/22
Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette, BQ)
  • Jun/8/22 8:15:09 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, I want to salute my colleague and thank him for his speech. There is all kinds of stuff in this omnibus bill, which deals with such topics as space jurisdiction, strip searches in prison and whatever else, but 170 pages are dedicated to the new Liberal luxury tax. This tax will have a significant impact on entire sectors of our economy. One example frequently mentioned by Conservative members on the Standing Committee on Finance is the whole boating and pleasure craft industry. When we asked finance officials to table the impact studies for this tax, they turned to us and said they had nothing, they did not know about it, and they had not done anything. Does my colleague think it is acceptable for the government to implement a new tax that is going to affect whole sectors of our economy without doing any economic impact studies?
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Context: House Hansard - 84 - Jun/8/22
Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette, BQ)
  • Jun/8/22 10:50:20 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, I salute my colleague and thank him for his speech, especially for his extraordinary use of French. I also salute Yukon's francophone community. In Bill C‑19, there is a part about the luxury tax that targets boats and aircraft, including planes, small planes and helicopters. I would like to know whether my colleague has been contacted by any of his constituents about this and whether he is concerned that this may have a negative impact on the economic activity in some parts of his territory.
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