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House Hansard - 109

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 6, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 109 - Oct/6/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Senate), Lib.)
  • Oct/6/22 1:32:27 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I know the member in her speech referenced the political will of Conservatives and Liberals. I would encourage her to have a little more optimism and not to assume that there is no political will on this side of the House with regard to this motion. I certainly am very much interested in it. I do agree with her, in that I believe it is a well-crafted motion and that it hits on a number of things. There might a couple of words or terms in here I do not agree with, but I certainly agree with what the NDP has put forward. I know the motion speaks specifically about the grocery sector, but I am curious if she can highlight any other sectors that she believes should also be looked at other than oil, which I think is a very obvious one. Are there other sectors the NDP believes we should be looking at?
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Context: House Hansard - 109 - Oct/6/22
Ms. Niki Ashton
  • Oct/6/22 1:37:35 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, we know it is bad when Shell is out there saying that oil and gas companies should be paying more in taxes. Instead of hearing the Liberals listen to them or anybody else who has said that the time is now, not only in terms of tax fairness but also tackling the climate crisis, we need to step up—
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Context: House Hansard - 109 - Oct/6/22
Mrs. Sherry Romanado
  • Oct/6/22 4:34:06 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the reality of war has absolutely impacted inflation, the costs and availability here in Canada of oil and gas, and so on. There are definitely questions to be asked with respect to the profits that oil and gas companies are making in terms of what is happening in Ukraine. My son deployed as part of Operation Unifier, so I am absolutely terrified about what is happening right now in Ukraine.
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Context: House Hansard - 109 - Oct/6/22
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Oct/6/22 5:05:40 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, of course, in the oil and gas sector, we have seen price gouging play out continuously. As the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives revealed in a study it did about oil and gas price gouging in this country, the reality is that oil and gas companies increase the price on old stock whenever there is an international event. We have certainly seen this with the deplorable Russian invasion of Ukraine. The oil and gas companies profiteered and benefited by raising the price on old stock. We know as well that as the new stock comes in at a lower price, they will keep the prices high. This is the price gouging the member should be speaking out against, because it has an impact on his constituents. However, the reality is that the Conservatives—
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