SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

House Hansard - 264

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 7, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Dec/7/23 3:13:59 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, it has been two years since the PM promised an oil and gas cap; today we learned what big oil's 2,000 meetings with the government got it. It got a so-called cap that will allow oil and gas production to go up; carve-outs for big oil to buy its way into compliance using the excess profits it has gouged from Canadians; and a weaker oil and gas target than even the insufficient one that the government had previously set. When will the current government put our children's future ahead of big oil's greed?
101 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Dec/7/23 5:04:03 p.m.
  • Watch
Madam Speaker, I understand that the member for Miramichi—Grand Lake is concerned about the carbon tax going up in his community. It is true the carbon tax went up two cents a litre last year and the rebates went up more for most folks, but what is also true is that the profits of the oil and gas industry went up 18¢ a litre for every single constituent of his as well. I wonder if the member is similarly concerned about the excess profits, the gouging that is happening and what he is proposing to address that, for example, taking those profits and directing them toward adjusting the affordability concerns of folks in Miramichi—Grand Lake.
120 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border