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House Hansard - 206

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 5, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 206 - Jun/5/23
Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Jun/5/23 2:53:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my hon. colleague that, in his party's election platform during the last campaign, the Conservatives proposed introducing a clean fuel standard. The difference between them and us is that, when they come to power, they do exactly the opposite of what they said they would do. We on this side of the House are doing exactly what we said we would do. We are committed to fighting climate change, creating good jobs and supporting the economy. That is exactly what we are doing.
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Context: House Hansard - 206 - Jun/5/23
Mr. Len Webber (Calgary Confederation, CPC)
  • Jun/5/23 2:58:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as Canadians plan their summer vacations, many are shocked with skyrocketing costs: motel prices, food prices and in particular gas prices. The Liberal carbon taxes will add a shocking 61¢ to a litre of gas, and do not forget the GST on top of that. Not all Canadians get to jet off on a vacation where taxpayers pay for the fuel. What is the Liberal government going to do to make sure Canadians can afford the gas to see their families, to see their friends and to see their country?
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Context: House Hansard - 206 - Jun/5/23
Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • Jun/5/23 3:01:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the tax-and-spend Liberals are at it again. It is not bad enough that Canadians are skipping meals and going to food banks because they cannot afford to eat and heat with the punishing taxes that the government is going to triple. Now the Liberals want to double down with a clean fuel tax and put a tax on the tax. The combination of these taxes will raise the price of gas 61¢ a litre, costing thousands of extra dollars to Canadians who cannot afford it. When will the Liberals axe carbon tax 1.0 and 2.0 and the tax on the tax?
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Context: House Hansard - 206 - Jun/5/23
Mr. Garnett Genuis
  • Jun/5/23 4:06:01 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, of course there is a wide variety of factors that impacts energy prices. There is a wide variety of factors that impacts prices for anything, but when we add a tax on top of energy prices, then we are saying that, whatever the market price would have been, we will make it higher by taxing it. It is inevitably true that, regardless of what the market price will be and the other factors influencing it, the carbon tax has, as its purpose, to increase the price of fuel.
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