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House Hansard - 201

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 29, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 201 - May/29/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:43:07 p.m.
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Madam Chair, it is really astonishing to me that Conservative after Conservative has disavowed the platform that they clearly ran on in 2021. Every Conservative member of the House was elected on that climate plan. How can they disavow it now?
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Mrs. Rosemarie Falk
  • May/29/23 9:43:30 p.m.
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Madam Chair, again, I asked a question about housing. We are in a housing crisis. Why is the removal of gatekeepers and red tape not a priority for the current Liberal government and this Liberal minister?
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Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:43:42 p.m.
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Madam Chair, we absolutely believe that Canada needs to build more homes more quickly. That is why we are so glad that our housing accelerator is—
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The Deputy Chair
  • May/29/23 9:43:55 p.m.
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The hon. member.
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Mrs. Rosemarie Falk
  • May/29/23 9:43:57 p.m.
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Madam Chair, in the 2015 Liberal Party platform, there was a commitment to balance budgets. Why has the minister abandoned that party platform promise?
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Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:44:10 p.m.
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Madam Chair, our commitment in 2015 was to not repeat the mistakes of the Conservatives, and to make the necessary investments in Canada and Canadians. That is what we have done. That is why Canada has the strongest growth—
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The Deputy Chair
  • May/29/23 9:44:23 p.m.
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The hon. member.
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Mrs. Rosemarie Falk
  • May/29/23 9:44:25 p.m.
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Madam Chair, why has the minister put forward a plan that, by her own account, is unsustainable?
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Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:44:32 p.m.
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Madam Chair, that is absolutely not the case. By my own account, we are investing in Canadians, driving jobs and growth and—
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The Deputy Chair
  • May/29/23 9:44:41 p.m.
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The hon. member.
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Mrs. Rosemarie Falk
  • May/29/23 9:44:43 p.m.
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Madam Chair, we know there is carbon tax 1.0, and carbon tax 2.0 will be coming into effect. Has the minister calculated how much the Liberals' second carbon tax will cost rural Canadians?
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Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:44:55 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I believe the member opposite is misleading when referring to the clean fuel regulations, which, again, she ran on a platform saying that she would improve the—
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The Deputy Chair
  • May/29/23 9:45:05 p.m.
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The hon. member for Battlefords—Lloydminster.
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Mrs. Rosemarie Falk
  • May/29/23 9:45:07 p.m.
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Madam Chair, does the minister apply a rural lens to the development of their failed policies?
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Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:45:15 p.m.
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Madam Chair, she said she would improve the clean fuel regulations to reduce carbon emissions from every litre of gasoline and other liquid fuels—
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Mrs. Rosemarie Falk
  • May/29/23 9:45:24 p.m.
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Madam Chair, again, I am asking: Does the minister apply a rural lens to the development of her failed policies?
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Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:45:32 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the question is: Is the member opposite disavowing the platform she and her colleagues ran on?
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Mrs. Rosemarie Falk
  • May/29/23 9:45:39 p.m.
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Madam Chair, again, one more time: Does the minister apply a rural lens to her failed policies that she is implementing on Canadians?
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Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:45:50 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I know that Canadian farmers, like every single other Canadian, suffer the impact of climate change and they need a climate plan.
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Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Senate), Lib.)
  • May/29/23 9:46:04 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I will provide some remarks and then I will have some questions for the minister. I would start off by reflecting on some of the discourse that has occurred in the House just in the last 15 minutes or so. We just had a Conservative member almost take great pleasure in the fact that the inflation rate from March to April rose by 0.1%. It actually makes me stop and wonder if Conservatives get excited when they see the inflation rate rise because they see it as a political opportunity. I would hate to think that is the case, but the way they react to such a marginal and tiny change in the inflation rate in terms of going from 4.3% to 4.4%, one would think that they just cracked one of the biggest mysteries in the country and were providing some great insight into how only Conservatives know anything about economic principles and how an economy works. Then we just came off the heels of another discussion of a member taking great exception to the fact that, yes, Conservatives ran on pricing pollution. They ran on a carbon tax. The member for Battlefords—Lloydminster ran on that. It was in her platform when she ran in the last election—
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