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House Hansard - 124

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 3, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 124 - Nov/3/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre
  • Nov/3/22 5:11:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, yes, the government is out of touch, but we should not be surprised. The Prime Minister spent $6,000 of taxpayers' money for each night he spent in London. At a time when Canadians cannot pay their bills and are skipping meals, he forced them to pay for a hotel room that costs $6,000 a night. Yesterday, he admitted that he was the one who stayed in the infamous $6,000-a-night room. He told the truth by accident. It happened by chance. That is the only way to get the truth from the Prime Minister. It is an important fact, not because a $6,000 expense will bankrupt the Government of Canada, but because it shows that this Prime Minister is completely out of touch with the day-to-day reality of Canadians who work hard but cannot pay their bills. We, the Conservatives, will stand up for the common people, their paycheques, their savings, their homes and their country.
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Context: House Hansard - 124 - Nov/3/22
Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie
  • Nov/3/22 5:51:40 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his important question. The short answer is “yes”. I would also like to point out that he asked his question entirely in French. I congratulate him and thank him for that. As Radio-Canada reminded us this week, Canada provides the second-highest oil subsidies in the G20. That is unacceptable. I have been in the House since 2015, and this government has been saying since that time that it will end subsidies to oil companies. As with so many other issues, this government talks the talk but does not walk the walk. In the economic statement, the government refers to a measure it introduced last spring concerning a deduction for green energy. However, this measure is aimed at the private sector, not the public sector. In addition, small modular reactors are considered green energy. These are small nuclear power plants on wheels that extract oil from the oil sands. The government will be using taxpayers' money to support that. These are its environmental policies, and I am very concerned about them.
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