44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 23, 2022 10:00AM
- Sep/23/22 11:42:04 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I note the hon. member is from my home province of British Columbia, where we have actually had a price on pollution since 2008. In fact, we have had that price on pollution while having the fastest-growing economy in the entire country.
In fact, if the Conservatives get their way and cancel our fight against climate change, in British Columbia it will mean a savings of exactly zero dollars and zero cents. It is important Canadians hear the facts.
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- Sep/23/22 11:42:37 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Roy, a senior who lives close to Drayton Valley, is worried about the high cost of living. He told me it is difficult for him to have a dollar left at the end of the month. Increases for gas, groceries and even his prescriptions went up. Roy is now wondering how he will heat his home this winter.
Will the Liberal government cancel its planned tax increases on gas, home heating and groceries to help not only Roy but all Canadians already?
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- Sep/23/22 11:43:05 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we recognize the challenges seniors are facing, and our government has been there for them.
Now, to help seniors who are struggling, we are doubling the GST tax credit. That means seniors will receive $700 back in their pockets. Nearly two million low-income renters who are struggling with their rent will receive $500. We also increased the old age security for seniors aged 75 by 10%. For seniors, for a full pensioner, that means $800 in their pocket.
While the Conservatives oppose every affordability measure, we will remain focused on delivering for seniors.
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- Sep/23/22 11:43:42 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Saskatchewanians are suffering from the government's lack of action on inflation and the skyrocketing cost of living. Winter is on its way, and with temperatures ranging between -10°C and -30°C, we have no choice but to heat our homes. Food prices have increased by 10% since last year and the carbon tax will be tripling, yet the government rebates do not even come close to covering those increased costs.
Will the government stop hurting Canadians and cancel its planned tax hikes on gas, heating and groceries?
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- Sep/23/22 11:44:16 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, carbon pricing is widely recognized by nearly everyone including those in this House, except for the Conservative Party, as the most economically efficient way to reduce emissions while driving clean innovation and creating jobs.
Do not take it from me. Do not take it from the Bloc Québécois, the NDP or the Greens. Take it from some members of the Conservative Party who have asked that our system be applied in their province because it gives more money back into people's pockets and fights climate change at the same time.
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- Sep/23/22 11:44:51 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the federal government paid Mr. Zourdoumis, a veteran, incorrectly and is now demanding that money back. Not only is Veterans Affairs Canada trying to make Mr. Zourdoumis pay for its mistake, it is putting the onus on him to navigate the bureaucracy of CRA. When he reached out for help from VAC, it would not even return his calls.
Will the minister apologize and take steps to ensure this never happens again?
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- Sep/23/22 11:45:19 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as someone who has walked in parades of World War II and World War I veterans, and who understands the true commitment of our veterans and the commitment of the minister responsible for veterans to seniors, I can assure the member that this is a file that is in fact being reviewed and looked at. We are not in a position where we will talk about individual cases on the floor of the House of Commons.
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- Sep/23/22 11:45:54 a.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, it is clear Nunavut communities are the last priority for the federal government, as they tell me they struggle to access Service Canada. When Nunavummiut attempt to call Service Canada, they are expected to wait or to speak a different language, or they have their phone calls dropped. It is unacceptable that 22 of my communities have to fly out to access a Service Canada office.
When will the federal government finally ensure Nunavut communities have any access to the basic services they deserve?
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- Sep/23/22 11:46:37 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for her continued advocacy for the territory of Nunavut.
Just this summer, I and the minister took a deep look into the territories and understanding the needs of rural and remote communities when it comes to Service Canada. We know there is much work to be done in making sure we meet Canadians where they are every single day. That is why pilot programs like the “Reaching All Canadians” project are doing exactly that to meet Canadians' needs and to make sure they get the services and benefits they deserve.
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- Sep/23/22 11:47:09 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, with the world reopening after the pandemic we have seen more people are travelling to Canada to visit, to work and to study, and some are starting their new lives here. We know immigration is critically important to Canada's economic recovery and future prosperity. In my riding of Don Valley North, there are newcomers contributing so much to our local economy and local community.
Could the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship update the House? What is the government doing to welcome more visitors to Canada?
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- Sep/23/22 11:47:48 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are making every effort to reduce wait times and return to service standards. We have hired 600 staff this year, but we know that more needs to be done. That is why we are adding 650 more staff. We are making progress. We have processed 394,000 work permits between January and August of this year, more than doubling the number processed in the same period last year.
Modernizing our immigration system is about more than putting things online. It is about putting people at the heart of everything we do.
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- Sep/23/22 11:48:32 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are happy that the government has backed down from requiring people to use the disastrous ArriveCAN app or follow the unscientific vaccine mandates just to cross the border, but the inconsistency remains. The government now admits that it is safe for an unvaccinated person to get on an airplane or work in a government office, but unsafe for that same person to serve in the Canadian Armed Forces. This is obviously unscientific and contradictory.
Will the government follow scientific consistency and give our brave men and women their jobs back?
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- Sep/23/22 11:49:13 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am glad to hear the member talk about science; 200,000 is the number of deaths of people who unnecessarily died in the United States because of the relatively lower vaccination rate they had compared to Canada. In the U.S., 200,000 people died unnecessarily. That is an outcome we did not see in Canada, which we can be very proud of.
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- Sep/23/22 11:49:47 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, because of the current government's actions, the workers in my riding have been left suffering with an affordability crisis. If three years of COVID were not bad enough, Liberal policies have only added to their pain: from the disastrous ArriveCAN app driving down tourism visits to new taxes and higher spending driving up inflation. The hard-working residents of Niagara are now earning less when they deserve so much more.
When will the government finally realize the error of its ways and end its planned tax increases on Canadians' hard-earned paycheques?
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- Sep/23/22 11:50:26 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House we continue to be incredibly focused on making life more affordable for Canadians and really building an economy that works for everyone. That is why we introduced the Canada child benefit. We stopped sending cheques to millionaires, as the Conservatives proposed and did for so long, and we gave them to the families who needed them the most. We have increased support for OAS and GIS and, combined, these measures have helped lift hundreds of thousands of children and seniors out of poverty. That is good public policy.
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- Sep/23/22 11:50:57 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, recently I learned about the struggles of three brothers trying to earn a living in Calgary. Everything is going up: food, gasoline and the very basics of living. Now their landlord has told them that next month he needs to raise the rent from $1,900 to $2,600 just to keep up with the interest rate hikes.
When will the government give these three brothers a chance and cancel these planned tax increases on gas, home heating and groceries, so they can make ends meet?
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- Sep/23/22 11:51:29 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I have said often today, our government is focused on making life more affordable.
There are plenty of measures we have taken on to do just that. We have implemented an early learning and child care program. By the end of this year, families are going to see a 50% reduction in their child care costs, and it is going to go to $10 a day by 2025. We are providing more money for eight out of 10 Canadians families through the climate action incentive, and we have lowered taxes on the middle class twice by raising taxes on the wealthiest 1%.
We are going to keep making sure life is more affordable for Canadians.
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- Sep/23/22 11:52:03 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this made-in-Canada, Liberal inflationary crisis that is crushing Canadians is costing the average Canadian family more than $1,200 per year more in groceries than they paid last year. Food inflation, at nearly 11%, is higher than it has been in more than my entire life.
Canadians are struggling, and what is the response that we are hearing from these Liberals? They are going to raise taxes on their paycheques and they are going to raise taxes on their ability to heat their homes in one of the world's harshest climates. Will these Liberals finally give Canadians a break and cut their planned tax hikes?
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- Sep/23/22 11:52:43 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have outlined a number of measures that our government has taken on to make life more affordable. I think the member knows that inflation is a global phenomenon. While it is 7% in Canada, it is higher, at 8.3%, in America and it is 9.1% in the euro area.
One thing we know for certain is that we cannot fight inflation by investing in speculative assets. For any Canadian who took the Leader of the Opposition's advice and lost their life savings, we are very sorry. It is not responsible policy.
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- Sep/23/22 11:53:15 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is unbelievable but true. The Phoenix pay system fiasco is still ongoing. For the past two years, 60,000 more workers have been having problems with the system. The fiasco is still not over, but what is over is the program to compensate victims, which ended in 2020. Not only is Ottawa not paying its employees, but it is also not compensating them for its mistakes. The Phoenix fiasco needs to end.
Since there are still problems with Phoenix, will the minister at least compensate everyone who has been harmed by the system since 2020?
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