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House Hansard - 264

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 7, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Mr. Tim Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga, Lib.)
  • Dec/7/23 10:07:22 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 14th report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, entitled “Supplementary Estimates (B), 2023-24: Votes 1b, 5b and 10b under Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food”.
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Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Mr. Richard Lehoux (Beauce, CPC)
  • Dec/7/23 2:12:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the number of Canadians who use food banks has reached a record high, but the Bloc-Liberal coalition is doing nothing to lower the price of food. We introduced Bill C‑234, a common-sense bill to reduce production costs directly at the farm. The Prime Minister ordered his Liberal senators to vote against the bill in the Senate. This morning, an annual report confirms that, in 2024, the average family will pay $700 more for groceries. Canadians are lowering their grocery bill and reducing the quantity and quality of the food they buy by replacing it with less nutritious alternatives. Children and seniors, who are the most vulnerable, deserve to eat healthy and nutritious food, but the government is keeping its carbon tax, which is making Canadians poorer. After eight years, the price of food is not the only increase Canadians are dealing with. The cost of housing is skyrocketing. Conservatives will continue to fight against the Bloc-Liberal coalition to lower prices for all Canadians so that they can enjoy the holidays, unlike the coalition, that wants to ruin Christmas for everyone.
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Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Hon. Andrew Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle, CPC)
  • Dec/7/23 2:32:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the transformation the government has caused to families is that working people now have to go to food banks after eight years of the Prime Minister. Let me read a quote from the food price report: “Canadians are reducing their expenditures on groceries, either by reducing the quantity or quality of food they are buying”. This is unbelievable. This is in Canada. We used to have a high quality of life, especially for working people, and now people with jobs have to put water in their milk or literally go hungry. Do the Liberals not realize what they have done to this country? When will they finally take the tax off so food prices can come down?
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Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Mr. Chris Bittle (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Lib.)
  • Dec/7/23 5:00:41 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I have been listening throughout the day to this debate and to Conservative members talk about the increase in the price of food, which is a concern across the country. Can the hon. member explain why the increase in the price of food is even higher in the United States than it is in Canada, given the fact that it does not have a price on pollution?
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