44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 31, 2023 10:00AM
- Mar/31/23 11:30:39 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I know the minister has said he is going to watch this Frankenstein deal like a hawk, but he has left Canadian consumers to the buzzards. In fact, the minister has given the green light to Rogers and at the same time given the red light to his own industry committee and the Competition Bureau, which has been opposed to this.
For decades, Liberal and Conservative governments have allowed these massive telco companies to make huge profits off the backs of hard-working Canadians. This is a disaster that will end with less competition, massive layoffs and higher prices. Why have the Liberals thrown in the towel, sided with the telco CEOs and stuck Canadian families with higher prices and the bill?
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- Mar/31/23 11:31:18 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I have enormous respect for my colleague, but when we gave the red light, we did not approve the transfer of licence from Shaw to Rogers. That was very clear. Instead, we listened to Canadians, something that everyone in this House should do. Canadians have told us one thing: Bring prices down and have more competition. The way to do that in Canada is to have a fourth national player. That is why we imposed conditions. We want lower prices for Canadians, and we will be watching them like a hawk.
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- Mar/31/23 11:31:49 a.m.
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The hon. member Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa.
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- Mar/31/23 11:32:01 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, as farmers look to begin seeding, input costs—
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- Mar/31/23 11:33:01 a.m.
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I advised members that I was going to take out the next question from the Conservatives and I am taking it out. As members know, it is the prerogative of the Chair to determine who the next speaker is, and my prerogative is to choose the hon. member for Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa.
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- Mar/31/23 11:33:36 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the Liberals are tripling their carbon tax, and tonight at midnight they will carry out their plan by raising the carbon tax again. Gas is going up, home heating is going up and groceries are going up.
Gladys emailed me the other day saying that she cannot afford this tax hike. She said, “We cannot afford more useless taxes.”
Will the Liberals stand up for Canadians like Gladys and cancel their plan to increase the carbon tax tonight at midnight?
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- Mar/31/23 11:33:51 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the hon. member is from my home province of Manitoba and will know that Manitobans will receive $1,000 in climate rebate cheques over the next year. They will receive those cheques quarterly.
The hon. member will also know that there is a cost to climate change. We in Manitoba have had two one-in-300-year floods, costing $1 billion each. Agriculture has been dramatically impacted. We have had 1,700 people driven from their homes due to floods. There is a cost to climate change and we are addressing—
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- Mar/31/23 11:34:24 a.m.
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The hon. member for Cypress Hills—Grasslands.
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- Mar/31/23 11:34:40 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, as farmers look to begin seeding, input costs are top of mind. They have already been losing tons of money under the carbon tax, but the Liberals are going to raise it again at midnight tonight.
What makes it worse is that the Minister of Agriculture voted this week against an exemption for on-farm fuels. Even the Liberal chair of the agriculture committee voted with the Conservatives. He gets it, so why does the minister keep voting against farmers but is supporting the increase in the carbon tax at midnight tonight?
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- Mar/31/23 11:35:17 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am glad to hear my colleague talk about input costs. Input costs have risen, and not because of any taxes but because of demand.
I hope the hon. member will support the budget, as we have increased interest-free advance payment programs by up to $350,000, something the Conservative members have supported in the past. I hope they will support the budget.
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- Mar/31/23 11:35:39 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the Conservatives know that technology, not carbon taxes, will improve our environment, yet every time the Conservatives question the carbon tax or point out the costs, the Liberals stand up and point out some person who has lost their house in a recent fire, flood or hurricane as a reason to raise the carbon tax. The carbon tax will only make these people poorer.
The Liberals tell us that effective tonight, they will be raising the carbon tax again. When will they cancel this disastrous plan?
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- Mar/31/23 11:36:31 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, as I said yesterday, something is not sinking in. The climate rebate will make eight out of 10 families better off. That is in a PBO report.
What will not leave people better off is investing in cryptocurrency. I gave the Leader of the Opposition two or three times to apologize for his very reckless advice to Canadians, but it really underlines that the opposition has no plan for the economy, no plan for the environment and certainly no plan for climate change.
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- Mar/31/23 11:36:54 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, while the Prime Minister stays in a swanky $6,000-a-night hotel struggling with just one butler, Sue, a senior in my riding, sees herself working three days a week. Why? It is because this costly NDP-Liberal coalition is set to raise its carbon tax again at midnight, meaning that Sue and all Canadians are going to pay more for heating, eating, driving and living. Perhaps it should focus on a real climate plan instead of punishing Canadians with a carbon tax.
Why will this costly coalition—
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- Mar/31/23 11:37:30 a.m.
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The hon. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change.
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- Mar/31/23 11:37:34 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is really puzzling. Every single person on that side of the aisle campaigned in 2021 on putting a price on pollution. Stephen Harper was in favour of a carbon tax before he was against it. The member for Wellington—Halton Hills made it the centrepiece of his leadership campaign in 2017. The MP for Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, as a member of the B.C. government, actually introduced the first carbon price in North America.
The Conservatives need to stop flip-flopping, get serious about climate change and present their own plan.
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- Mar/31/23 11:38:12 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, tonight, 12:01 a.m. will spell very bad news for Canadians from coast to coast to coast. The Liberal carbon tax is going up.
This is going to have a direct impact on every family in Canada, as the Parliamentary Budget Officer demonstrated yesterday, with numbers to prove it. Transportation, food, heating—they will all cost more.
Why is the government once again punishing Canadian workers and families?
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- Mar/31/23 11:38:41 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, as my hon. colleague knows very well, the price on pollution does not apply in Quebec. Quebec is a leader in managing the clean economy.
Every time we have cut taxes for workers, the Conservatives have voted against it, whether it was a tax rebate for workers or a tax cut for Canadians.
With this budget, we already know that they are going to vote against workers. They are the ones voting against it, and we are the ones supporting Canadians.
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- Mar/31/23 11:39:20 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, that clearly shows that this government is completely out of touch with reality.
In a March 15 interview with the Journal de Québec, Groupe Robert, a well-established Quebec transport company, stated that this will have a direct impact on everything that comes from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Not only do the Liberals not know what they are talking about, but everything will cost more for all Canadians, including Quebeckers.
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- Mar/31/23 11:39:55 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, what we must be clear about is that climate change has a cost for Canadians.
We all remember the wildfires in Fort McMurray. We all remember the floods in Calgary. We all remember the flooding that happened across the country.
We must fight climate change. Economists have said that the best mechanism in our system is a price on pollution to combat climate change. That is what we are implementing. We will fight climate change.
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- Mar/31/23 11:40:36 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, if there is one role that must be free from any and all appearance of conflict of interest, it is the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.
The Liberals are proving their total lack of judgment once again by appointing a minister's sister-in-law as interim commissioner. We are not questioning her competence or integrity. Cabinet is the one at fault for choosing to appoint a family member of one of their own.
The appearance of conflict of interest is obvious. Even though they do not seem to know what a conflict of interest is, we are asking the Liberals to reconsider this appointment.
Will they reconsider this appointment?
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