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House Hansard - 125

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 4, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 125 - Nov/4/22
Mr. Martin Shields (Bow River, CPC)
  • Nov/4/22 12:03:43 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, farmers in my riding are paying hundreds, if not millions, of dollars in carbon tax. The Western Irrigation District’s year-over-year costs for fuel alone jumped by 53%. This fuel runs irrigation that delivers water to crops so that families can get Canadian-grown food on their tables. The rebates the government always talks about do not even come to one-tenth of 1% of the costs, and that is if the farms qualify. Why will the Liberals not give Canadian farmers some relief and cancel their plans to triple taxes on gas, groceries and home heating?
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Context: House Hansard - 125 - Nov/4/22
Mr. Francis Drouin (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lib.)
  • Nov/4/22 12:04:24 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, we have always been there for farmers. We have always supported farmers. Unlike the Conservatives, we did not cut $500 million for farmers. We put $500 million back into the budget for farmers. As the hon. member knows, there is a fuel rebate charge that farmers get back for the price on pollution.
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Context: House Hansard - 125 - Nov/4/22
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Nov/4/22 12:07:54 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, what issue could possibly unite prairie grain farmers, the Grain Elevators Association, communities up and down the coast of Vancouver Island and Coast Salish first nations? It is the mismanagement coming out of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, CN and CP and the complete failure to be able to get prairie grain to a port on time. That is why my communities have free parking for freighters that sit there while everybody loses money and the marine environment suffers. I ask the Minister of Transport to tell us what the solution is here, please. It is his portfolio.
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