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House Hansard - 84

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 8, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 84 - Jun/8/22
Mr. Dane Lloyd (Sturgeon River—Parkland, CPC)
  • Jun/8/22 7:47:07 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, I get two questions in a row. My second question for the member is about the first home savings account, we know that young, working families simply cannot afford to put away $40,000 into a savings account. What we are going to see with this program is the children of very wealthy people whose parents are giving them the money to put into the first home savings account will be the ones who benefit the most. Does the member think it is appropriate for taxpayers to be subsidizing the children of the wealthiest 1% to buy their first homes?
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Context: House Hansard - 84 - Jun/8/22
Mr. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley, NDP)
  • Jun/8/22 9:34:10 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, I am really intrigued by the carbon capture topic that the member brought up and I look forward to learning about the facility in his riding. The concern I have about this approach, though, is that we are heavily subsidizing a very profitable industry. Our general approach to subsidies is that the government should be stepping in and helping those companies and those Canadians who are struggling the most, the ones who do not have the funds available to make the changes that need to be made. The polluter pays principle seems like an inherently Conservative principle. Would my colleague not agree that we should not be giving billions of dollars to the most profitable companies, which very clearly have the funds available to invest in the kind of research and development that is required in this area?
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