44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 7, 2023 10:00AM
- Dec/7/23 2:43:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada's food report for 2024 revealed that Canadian families will have to pay roughly $700 more next year for groceries. Basic food staples such as meat, vegetables and baking goods will all increase 5% to 7%. Canadians cannot afford this. Rents are rising faster than wages for the first time in 60 years.
Will the Prime Minister, for once in his political life, listen to Canadians and axe the carbon tax for businesses, farmers, first nations and families for good?
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- Dec/7/23 2:44:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when the member opposite talks about basics, I would like to point out the basic fact that, just yesterday, every member in the House, including every Conservative member, had the opportunity to support Canadian families and children by voting to support a national school food program. What did they do? Every single one of them voted against it.
On this side of the House, we will continue to support Canadian families.
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- Dec/7/23 2:45:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is no wonder food bank usage and the need for food programs are exploding. It is because the Prime Minister's taxes are directly making food prices more expensive. The rising cost of everything is not sustainable for Canadians. After eight long years of the Prime Minister and his NDP enablers, families are forced to choose between paying rent or putting food on the table.
When will the tired Liberal-NDP government share some Christmas joy, axe the tax and deliver some relief for Canadians?
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- Dec/7/23 2:45:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we have solutions, not slogans, for fighting climate change and affordability.
I appreciate the question since it gives me the opportunity, on this side of House, to announce that, in the same week our government committed to a 75% reduction in methane emissions from oil and gas, as of today, we are the first oil and gas producing nation to put a cap on oil and gas emissions. On this side of the House, we have solutions, solutions for climate change and solutions for affordability.
When will the Conservatives admit that the only facts they have are those of wealthy oil executives?
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- Dec/7/23 2:46:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years, Canadians cannot afford to eat because of the Prime Minister's carbon tax. A new report shows that a family of four will pay $700 more next year on groceries. The Prime Minister had a chance to lower grocery bills by removing the carbon tax on farmers, but once again, he proved he is not worth the cost. The Prime Minister spent the weekend working to gut Bill C-234 to keep the carbon tax on.
Will the Prime Minister finally listen to Canadians and take the carbon tax off farmers, first nations and families?
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- Dec/7/23 2:47:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a UNICEF report released this month shows the truth, which is that child poverty in Canada is down 22% under our government. However, do members know who is driving up prices? It is Vladimir Putin. He is driving up the prices of fuel and food.
The member opposite has the privilege of representing a rural Manitoba constituency. It was Ukrainian Canadians who settled Canada's Prairies, and we owe it to the people of Ukraine to support them today and not betray Ukraine as the Conservatives have done.
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- Dec/7/23 2:47:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are patting themselves on the back for their botched emissions cap. After two years of delays, they have announced a watered-down oil and gas cap that will not even cut emissions enough to meet the Liberals' own target. It will only meet the Conservatives' old target, and these are the same Conservatives who do not even believe this is a crisis.
The Liberals are throwing young people's futures under the bus to make life easier for oil and gas companies. Will the minister get serious and fix the emissions cap?
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- Dec/7/23 2:48:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today was an important day. Canada became the first oil and gas producer in the world to put a cap on oil and gas emissions, and we are on a trajectory to reducing to net zero by 2050. It is important in our fight against climate change. It is important in ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the oil and gas sector as we decarbonize and ensure that the products we are producing are ultra low carbon.
Pembina today said that Canada “is showing leadership by getting the economy ready for a net-zero future.” Clean Energy Canada said that “Canada should be commended for putting in place the world's first national oil and gas emissions cap by a major fossil-fuel-producing country.” This—
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- Dec/7/23 2:49:03 p.m.
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The hon. member for Timmins—James Bay.
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- Dec/7/23 2:49:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the people of Attawapiskat continue to suffer a brutal housing crisis. Now there are serious questions about their water supply, and with winter hitting hard, a crisis is looming.
We remember the winter of 2011 when Attawapiskat asked the Conservatives for help. The Conservatives falsely blamed them for ripping off taxpayers and then expelled a democratically elected council. However, under the Liberals, there has just been vague promises and no action.
As this winter hits, will the government send a team to assess the situation on the ground and help find a solution for the people of Attawapiskat?
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- Dec/7/23 2:49:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member opposite for his unwavering advocacy for the people of Attawapiskat.
I have met extensively with chief and council and many members of Attawapiskat. Indeed, the department is working closely with the community to make sure they have the tools they need, and not just in the short term as winter bears down, but in the long term so that the community can move forward with their identified priorities.
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- Dec/7/23 2:50:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Minister of International Trade on the Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement.
I have been speaking with Ukrainian Canadian Congress branches across Canada, and they have been telling me how important this agreement is to both Canada's economy and Ukraine's economy and to Ukraine's rebuild. Now, it has been over a week since the Ukrainian Canadian Congress wrote to the leader of the Conservative Party to express its disappointment in the fact that every single Conservative MP voted against the agreement and to urge them to support it. Still, Conservatives oppose it.
Could the minister reassure Canadians that, despite Conservative opposition and obstruction, the government will stand with the Ukrainian people until they win?
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- Dec/7/23 2:50:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Ukrainians have a word for the Conservative position on the Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement. It is “nisenitnytsya”, or nonsense.
It is nonsense to call this agreement “woke”. It is nonsense to not stand up for Ukraine sovereignty. It is nonsense to suggest that this agreement puts a price on pollution on Ukraine because it has had a price on pollution since 2011.
President Zelenskyy wants this agreement. The rest of this House voted for this agreement. Why will the Conservatives not vote for this agreement?
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- Dec/7/23 2:51:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the Prime Minister, British Columbians are having a tough time making ends meet. Mortgages and rents are among the highest in the world. Gas prices are the highest in North America. Inflation on groceries has led to the longest lineups ever at food banks. As a former B.C. MLA, I have seen the light and hope that the NDP-Liberal government will also show some common sense and axe the tax.
Will the Prime Minister listen to Canadians and take the carbon tax off of farmers, first nations and families?
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- Dec/7/23 2:52:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I find the question coming form the hon. member very interesting given he was a member of the caucus of the B.C. Liberal government that put in place the carbon price in British Columbia.
His leader, the former premier, Gordon Campbell, said at the time that putting a price on carbon pollution was a way to reduce emissions, incent innovation and drive an economy going forward. He voted for that.
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- Dec/7/23 2:53:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, sadly, empty words from those Liberals will not fill empty stomachs in Nunavut.
Kyra Kilabuk, an Inuit woman, shares photos of current food prices in Nunavut on her social media. A can of Campbell's potato soup is $11. A medium box of Cheerios is $17. A small package of ham is $18. After eight years, Nunavut knows the Prime Minister is not worth the cost.
When will the Prime Minister finally listen to Canadians and scrap the carbon tax on farmers, first nations and families?
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- Dec/7/23 2:53:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as my hon. colleague knows, eight out of 10 Canadian families actually get more money back. If he would take the time to actually read the study that was published by the University of Calgary recently, he would know that the people who are most vulnerable get far more money back than they actually pay.
Instead of presenting a plan for the economy or for the environment, the Leader of the Opposition spends his spend musing about pulling out of the Paris agreement, joining Nicaragua and Syria. This will do nothing to address the economic future of Canada, nothing for the future of our children in fighting climate change. The climate-denying Conservative Party is not worth the risk.
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- Dec/7/23 2:54:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Christmas is coming and Canadians are struggling to put food on the table. Since 2016, there has been an 82% increase in the number of workers in Ontario who are using food banks.
Bill C-234 would have taken the carbon tax off farmers, but the desperate Prime Minister spent the weekend calling senators pleading them to kill the bill. He is just not worth the cost.
Will the Prime Minister listen to Canadians and take carbon tax off farmers, first nations and families?
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- Dec/7/23 2:55:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there have been accusations that she and other members have made in the past couple of days that people in the other place were given marching orders by the Prime Minister on how to vote on that piece of legislation. Of course that is not true.
The real question here, and what so many Canadians are wondering, is on the issue of a Ukraine free trade agreement and who told them how to vote. That is what Canadians are wondering. Who told them or did they each arrive at this independently? What a shameful exercise to vote against a beacon of democracy in this world.
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- Dec/7/23 2:56:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, according to Canada's Food Price Report just released by Dalhousie, food will cost a family of four an additional $700 next year, totalling $16,297. After eight years of the NDP-Liberal government, Canadians are being forced into the highest level of food bank use in history, proving the Prime Minister is not worth the cost, as he plans to quadruple his penalizing carbon tax.
Will the Prime Minister listen to Canadians and finally take the carbon tax off farmers, first nations and families that are just trying to heat their homes?
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