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House Hansard - 264

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 7, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Dec/7/23 4:03:44 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the member knows that my grandpa's farm was in Asquith, Saskatchewan, and I spent much of my childhood out on that cattle farm, jumping on hay and picking eggs up from the chickens. However, I want to talk about corporate greed in the grocery stores. I worked in the grocery industry for over 20 years; every time a new product comes into a large corporation, the corporation wants hundreds of thousands of dollars from the supplier to get what is called a “listing” in the grocery stores. If it is tofu, cheese or any kind of product that a supplier wants to bring into a grocery store, that supplier is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to do that. Where does the member think that money is being recovered from?
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Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Mr. Robert Kitchen
  • Dec/7/23 4:04:32 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, showers sometimes do not hang high enough. I have talked with the member in the past about her being from a farm in Saskatchewan, and it is great to see that. Ultimately, the government said that it called in the producers and the business to come, and look what has happened—
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Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Mr. Glen Motz
  • Dec/7/23 4:17:30 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, what I do know, from growing up on a large farm and ranch in my youth, is that farmers and ranchers are the most amazing stewards of our land. I have witnessed it first-hand. I see it now as I travel in my riding. I see the thousands of people who make their living off the farm. They know that if we do not take care of the land, it will not take care of us. The complaints I am getting from people are not that they are concerned about some of the things my hon. colleague mentioned. What they are concerned about is that their costs are so exorbitant that they can no longer afford to stay in business. That is directly related to the carbon tax.
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