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House Hansard - 245

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 2, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 245 - Nov/2/23
Mr. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley, NDP)
  • Nov/2/23 2:31:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal member for Kings—Hants said we should do our homework when it comes to heat pumps. Who did do his homework? Perry from Smithers, B.C. He is a teacher, after all. For a year and a half now he has been trying to jump through all these government hoops to get a $5,000 heat pump rebate. I talked to the folks at Efficiency Canada, and they told me, unequivocally, that the government's heat pump program does not work for people on low incomes. Will the Prime Minister commit to offering the same deal he just offered Atlantic Canadians for heat pumps to all Canadians who heat with fossil fuels?
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Context: House Hansard - 245 - Nov/2/23
Mr. Brad Redekopp
  • Nov/2/23 3:49:40 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, rather than perpetuating falsehoods, in reality, I just want to do a bit of math for the hon. member. The government has said that it is going to give $10,000 to provide heat pumps. I am not sure if it has actually done this math. By my calculations, there are probably 400,000 homes in Atlantic Canada that will need heat pumps, and 400,000 times 10,000 is $4 billion. That is just in Atlantic Canada. There are needs across the country as well. One thing that has not been talked about in this whole proposal by the government is the actual cost of this heat pump subsidy. It is potentially billions of dollars, and nobody has talked about that. I am not sure if they even know that. I just wanted to get that on the record and maybe invite them to do a little bit of homework on that side of the page.
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