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House Hansard - 107

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 4, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 107 - Oct/4/22
Mr. Dan Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, CPC)
  • Oct/4/22 1:29:18 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-30 
Mr. Speaker, the member for Guelph raised the Bank of Canada multiple times, as he also raised the ideas of helping struggling Canadians and the need to fight inflation. On March 11 of this year, Tiff Macklem, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, wrote to the finance committee, and I am just going to take an excerpt from that: According to the Bank's calculations, if the charge were to be removed from the three main fuel components of the consumer price index (gasoline, natural gas and fuel oil) it would reduce the inflation rate by 0.4 percentage points. In other words, if that policy had come into effect at the start of the year, January's inflation rate would have been 4.7% instead of 5.1%. That is the governor saying that the carbon tax is inflationary. The member for Guelph said it is important to support struggling Canadians. Would he say exactly why he supports the government in tripling the carbon tax on gas, groceries and heat? Does he not believe this is a time to take a pause and give Canadians a break?
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Context: House Hansard - 107 - Oct/4/22
The Deputy Speaker
  • Oct/4/22 5:56:36 p.m.
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I do want to thank the member for his walk down memory lane of 2003 in August when I was first elected as a provincial member and became a minister of agriculture. What he is talking about, I actually got to live. Questions and comments, the hon. member for Guelph.
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Context: House Hansard - 107 - Oct/4/22
Mr. John Nater
Mr. Speaker, the member for Guelph is absolutely right. The ability to share a meal among friends, among colleagues and sometimes among people whom you may not entirely agree with is so important to finding common ground. That is one of the great legacies of Anita Stewart. The member made a comment about an event we were at together at the University of Guelph. The comments from Dr. Yates, president of Guelph university, talked about those examples of where Anita was able to bring happiness and bring cheer to a room by sharing food. Whether on a university campus or in homes across the country, the ability to share those opportunities among all Canadians is so important. Therefore, I thank the member for Guelph and I do believe he will be supporting this bill. I appreciate his support on this important matter.
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Context: House Hansard - 107 - Oct/4/22
The Deputy Speaker
  • Oct/4/22 6:40:45 p.m.
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We only have about two minutes left for debate. I will go to the hon. member for Guelph to begin his comments.
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