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House Hansard - 264

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 7, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice
  • Dec/7/23 12:16:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for that very good question. Grocery bosses should not be the ones writing the code of conduct for the major grocery chains. The code should not be voluntary. It should not allow them to manage and discipline themselves. We need an independent body. That is important to the NDP. A price on transportation-related pollution, for example, could certainly have an impact. However, food prices have risen faster than inflation for 24 months now. Corporate greed must have something to do with it. Corporations are lining their pockets and making record profits, and their executives are getting exorbitant paycheques. We must not blame everything on the carbon tax. It does not even exist in some provinces, such as Quebec and British Columbia, where it literally has no impact.
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Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Mr. Jake Stewart
  • Dec/7/23 5:04:48 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is hard to take lessons from the Greens, the NDP or the Liberals when they supported Loblaws getting $17 million for brand new freezers and fridges. They talk about corporations, but then they want to subsidize the ones they prefer. This is about taking the tax off families, first nations and farmers and no longer leaving Canadians out in the cold.
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