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House Hansard - 219

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 18, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Sep/18/23 2:38:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our focus is on making life more affordable and ensuring that corporations pay their fair share. The Minister of Innovation met today with the CEOs of the large grocery chains to reinforce the immediate need to stabilize food prices and improve competition. Indeed, we are introducing changes to competition here in Canada to address the rise in food prices, among others. We will, every day, continue to build an economy that works for all Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Sep/18/23 2:39:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our focus is on making life more affordable and ensuring corporations pay their fair share. The Minister of Innovation met today with the CEOs of the large grocery chains to reinforce the immediate need to stabilize food prices and improve competition. Indeed, we are introducing changes to competition here in Canada to address the rise in food prices, among others. We will every day continue to build an economy that works for all Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Sep/18/23 2:40:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the NDP has now been in government for almost two years, during which time, by their own admission, both grocery prices and grocery profits have gone up. That is the result they get. Now they are supporting the Prime Minister's plan for a carbon tax that will rise to 61¢ a litre on the farmers who make food and the truckers who ship food. Their response to all this was to hold a big photo op today. The Prime Minister claims food will be affordable by Thanksgiving, so by Thanksgiving, will lettuce be back down from its 94% increase because of today's meeting?
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Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Sep/18/23 2:42:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal-Bloc carbon tax has caused food prices to soar. The cost of carrots alone has risen by 74%. My mother always told me to eat my carrots. She said they were good for my eyes. I encourage the Bloc leader to eat more carrots to help him see the cost of his support for the Liberal-Bloc carbon tax. The Prime Minister and his Bloc coalition are not worth the cost. Is there any hope that the Prime Minister's big meeting with grocery CEOs will eliminate this 74% price hike on carrots by Thanksgiving, yes or no?
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Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
  • Sep/18/23 2:55:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, all summer long we heard about how people cannot afford groceries. Prices are skyrocketing. Grocery chains are making record profits, and CEOs are cashing in big time. What did the Liberals do about it? They held a meeting. They told those CEOs to be nice or else. Or else what? What a joke. The NDP leader is going to introduce a bill to give the Competition Bureau real teeth. It is a real, practical solution. When will the Liberals take action to help people put food on the table?
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Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23
Mr. Arpan Khanna (Oxford, CPC)
  • Sep/18/23 3:11:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, throughout the summer, I heard heartbreaking stories from families across Oxford who are struggling to put food on their tables. After eight years of this Prime Minister, this Liberal-NDP government is not worth the cost. Its carbon tax has raised the cost of food. For example, the price of onions is up 69%. Will the Prime Minister's big meeting with grocery CEOs reverse the 69% hike by Thanksgiving, yes or no?
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