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House Hansard - 236

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 20, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 236 - Oct/20/23
Mr. Ryan Turnbull (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Oct/20/23 11:20:54 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as the Conservative leader recycles “common sense” cliches from decades ago as if he were an automaton from the Mike Harris era, our government has taken decisive action to help Canadians with the price of groceries by supporting more competition in the marketplace and by increasing housing supply, waiving GST on new rental construction. These are two significant measures the members opposite can support right now by supporting the government's bill on affordability, but they have stated that they will not do so. Can someone from the opposition benches please explain to us all how voting against measures that are going to substantially help middle-class families is common sense?
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Context: House Hansard - 236 - Oct/20/23
Mr. Arpan Khanna (Oxford, CPC)
  • Oct/20/23 11:54:36 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight long years of the Liberal-NDP government, seven million Canadians are now struggling to put food on their tables thanks to the carbon tax. When one taxes the farmer who grows the food and taxes the trucker who ships the food, one ultimately punishes the Canadian who buys the food. Now there are Canadians driving across the U.S. border to buy basic grocery essentials. The Prime Minister is not worth the cost. Will the Prime Minister do the honourable thing, axe the carbon tax and bring home affordable groceries for all Canadians?
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