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House Hansard - 131

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 21, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 131 - Nov/21/22
Mr. Rick Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets, CPC)
  • Nov/21/22 3:05:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Hortons could not afford a home in Ontario, so they found their dream home on a lake in Nova Scotia. The kids love skating and swimming on the lake. Life was good until this year. The increased cost of everything, like a 68% increase in the cost to heat a home in Nova Scotia, forced the Hortons to have to choose between paying their mortgage and heating their home. The Hortons want to know why the Liberal government will not do the right thing and cancel its planned carbon tax on home heating.
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Context: House Hansard - 131 - Nov/21/22
Mr. Andy Fillmore (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Nov/21/22 3:06:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, some people are saying the problem is our price on carbon pollution. That is not the problem. The problem is emissions. Every decision we take with regard to the environment on this side is about reducing emissions. Just this very day, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, in Nova Scotia, announced a program to help Nova Scotian families and other families switch their oil heating furnaces to heat pumps. This is exactly the kind of action that we are taking that solves the affordability problem for Nova Scotian families and lowers emissions.
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Context: House Hansard - 131 - Nov/21/22
Mr. Andy Fillmore (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Nov/21/22 3:07:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, do members know what does not work when it comes to climate action? It is climate inaction. What we saw in Nova Scotia today is action. It is exactly the kind of action that this government is committed to. I can offer Ms. Horton some advice: If her MP cannot connect her to this new program, she can talk to me.
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