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House Hansard - 260

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 1, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 260 - Dec/1/23
Hon. Lawrence MacAulay (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lib.)
  • Dec/1/23 11:40:21 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would remind my hon. colleague that the Conservative Party of Canada has senators sit in its caucus. We do not. As a farmer, I fully understand how important it is to take care of our land and the environment, but I will tell my hon. colleague the questions that I received from farmers and ranchers. Number one was why the Conservative Party of Canada does not have a plan for the environment. They also asked me why it does not support the Canada-Ukraine trade deal. I can tell everyone that our—
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Context: House Hansard - 260 - Dec/1/23
Mr. Branden Leslie (Portage—Lisgar, CPC)
  • Dec/1/23 11:51:50 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, after eight long years, it is clear that this Prime Minister simply is not worth the cost. Jack, a grain farmer from southern Manitoba, paid over $6,000 in carbon taxes to dry his grain in October alone and, no, the government rebate is not making him better off. I assume Jack's money is now paying for the environment minister's high-carbon, high-hypocrisy, two-week trip to Dubai. Now the Liberals want to quadruple that carbon tax on farmers like Jack. Will the Prime Minister tell his Liberal senators to pass Bill C-234 to help make food more affordable for Canadians?
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