SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

House Hansard - 201

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 29, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 201 - May/29/23
Hon. Pascale St-Onge (Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Lib.)
  • May/29/23 2:56:32 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, we are barely at the start of the hot summer season and fires and forest fires are burning in several places in Canada, which will entail extraordinary costs for families, municipalities, the provinces and the federal government. It is totally irresponsible of the Conservatives to want to not only get rid of the price on pollution, but also vote against the budget that proposes meaningful measures to help families while inflation is high. It is irresponsible.
78 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 201 - May/29/23
Mr. Earl Dreeshen
  • May/29/23 4:57:11 p.m.
  • Watch
  • Re: Bill S-5 
Mr. Speaker, in my riding there is a lot of agriculture and we looked at the added costs that are involved with an average farm. We did the calculations when it was about $30 a tonne, and at that stage I believe it was around a $10,000 cost. Of course, by the time it gets to $170, we can multiply it through, which is where that cost is. We are able to kind of tinker around the edges insofar as to say that maybe we could take a look at charges to the fuel they use, but that does not change the other costs that are associated with it, such as the fertilizers they need and the trucking that is associated with products coming in and going out. This is the part where we realize the quantity of agriculture products that are sold around the world, and here we are putting ourselves in a straitjacket in order to satisfy the concept of the Liberal Party that we should have a carbon tax. They do not have a carbon tax in the U.S., which is our major partner that we are dealing with, and so there is competition against our farmers. Of course the folks in my riding look at it and ask, “Where is the fairness?” These stories we get that say, “Oh well, you're going to get some money back” do not quite cut it with them.
245 words
All Topics
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 201 - May/29/23
Ms. Melissa Lantsman
  • May/29/23 9:03:45 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Chair, the amount that I was looking for from the finance minister was about $45 billion. It will cost $43.9 billion to service our debt, which has doubled since last year, and it cost $45 billion in the Canada health transfer to keep Canadians safe, a number the minister does not think matters. It costs almost as much to service the debt as we pay for health care in this country, and that is shameful.
77 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 201 - May/29/23
Mrs. Rosemarie Falk
  • May/29/23 9:41:33 p.m.
  • Watch
Madam Chair, how high do living costs have to go before the Liberal government will take this affordability crisis seriously?
20 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border