SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

House Hansard - 155

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 7, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 155 - Feb/7/23
Mr. John Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest, CPC)
  • Feb/7/23 10:46:27 a.m.
  • Watch
Madam Speaker, the minister, as well as the Liberals, like to pretend that energy prices, gas prices in particular, are like the weather. They are not responsible for it. They blame Russia. They blame everything else. I am going to give the minister an example and ask him to respond to it. My riding of New Brunswick Southwest is next to the state of Maine. Almost every day, the price of gasoline is 50¢ different. It is cheaper in Maine than it is in New Brunswick. All the gasoline comes from the refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick, so it is not like the Americans are producing cheaper gas from another source. The difference is all tax, and every year that gap is growing because of the Liberal carbon tax. The minister needs to own up to it. The carbon tax is meant to make prices higher, and it is working.
152 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 155 - Feb/7/23
Mr. John Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest, CPC)
  • Feb/7/23 12:47:21 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, as another Atlantic Canadian, I would like to ask the member about the carbon tax and the idea that government keeps raising taxes. People cannot afford the tax burden. Down east we have so many people who use home heating fuels to heat their home, prices are going up, and the government's solution is to try to catch that up with another government program. We have countless programs and rising prices. Our amendment is to scrap the carbon tax, bring down fuel prices, energy prices, particularly in the winter, and turn to technology. I hope the government will consider this and move in that direction, instead of making prices more expensive, which is what the government has been doing for eight long years now.
127 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 155 - Feb/7/23
Mr. John Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest, CPC)
  • Feb/7/23 3:33:54 p.m.
  • Watch
Madam Speaker, the member likes to talk about promises made and broken promises, of which there have been numerous on the Liberal side. However, one that I keep referencing and hearing about is the Liberal promise to never, cross their hearts and hope to die, increase the carbon tax beyond $50 a tonne. Every single Liberal ran on that promise and the Liberals have voted to increase the carbon tax to $170 a tonne. Why the double-talk?
78 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border