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House Hansard - 242

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 30, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 242 - Oct/30/23
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • Oct/30/23 2:27:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, tens of thousands of businesses say that the Canada emergency business account has put them in jeopardy. The pandemic hurt them. Inflation is hurting them. Interest rates are hurting them. Forecast consumption by Quebec and Canadian consumers is hurting them. We requested an additional one-year extension. We requested some form of accommodation from the banks. We requested a credible point person who would be available for these businesses. Is the government ready to act?
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Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau (Minister of National Revenue, Lib.)
  • Oct/30/23 2:29:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we set up the Canada emergency business account to help businesses and organizations during the pandemic. We extended the forgivable deadline by one year, postponing it from 2022 to 2023. We postponed it by a few more weeks to give businesses time to make adjustments and continue to benefit from this forgivable portion. Loans will not be called in this January. Members must not scare organizations and businesses unnecessarily.
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Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)
  • Oct/30/23 2:58:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our farmers are still suffering from this summer's catastrophic weather. According to a survey by the Union des producteurs agricoles, precipitation ravaged no less than 60% of Quebec's market gardens. Respondents lost a third of their revenues in the midst of an inflationary crisis. Worse still, more than half of producers think that this damage will continue to affect the 2024 crop. What we need is emergency assistance for horticultural producers and deferral of the emergency business account loan repayment. When is the government going to take action?
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Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)
  • Oct/30/23 3:00:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I do not think the government quite grasps the urgency of the situation. For producers of root vegetables, 64% of lands were damaged by rain. For strawberry and raspberry producers, it is 73%. For pea producers, it is 88%. This will affect food prices if the government does not intervene, and everybody will be impacted. We need emergency supports and a one-year extension of the emergency account repayment deadline, and we need them right now. When will the minister understand that?
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