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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24

Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Lib.)

May/30/24 10:48:55 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have a very specific question for the Leader of the Opposition, and I would ask that he listen and try to provide a direct answer to this. I think it is really important, and it pertains to the substance of his motion. The member's motion says that the average Canadian will save $670 between now and Labour Day. Now, if we look at the carbon tax, it is 17.6¢; the federal gas tax is 10¢. If we put GST on there, it is 29¢. In order to save $670 for the average Canadian, they would have to drive 25,842 kilometres between now and Labour Day. To put that in perspective, if we were to drive from the North Pole to the South Pole, we would still have over 5,000 kilometres left over. We would have to drive 272 kilometres per day between now and Labour Day. Can the member explain where he plans to travel that would account for 272 kilometres per day, starting today, between now and Labour Day?

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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24

Mr. Rick Perkins

May/30/24 11:06:31 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, forgive me if I do not believe the math of the Liberals, who have not met a single budget target at any time and have said the budget will balance itself. Maybe when the previous member, the member for Kingston and the Islands, who brought it up, did the math, the kilometres were based on the $150,000 Ford Lightning he drives. He should try using a normal vehicle, like most Canadians drive. I understand why the member is embarrassed by that fact, but the Liberals made the carbon tax go up on April 1, April Fool's Day, by 23%. They are continuing to do that and plan to make it go up by 65¢ a litre by 2030. The Liberals have no compassion for people who are suffering because of their tax policy.

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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24

Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)

May/30/24 11:55:59 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his remarks. This is a strong take. If the Conservatives really wanted to help people with their cost of living and help them save some money, they could back the initiatives we in the NDP are advancing. I am speaking here about better access to dental care to lower their bills, and pharmacare for things like diabetes drugs or contraceptives. No, they continue to rail against the carbon tax and the gas tax. Getting back to what our colleague from Kingston and the Islands said, he did a great job crunching the numbers just now. He calculated that, to arrive at a savings of $670 per family, people would have to be driving around 25,000 kilometres during their vacation. That means that after going from the North Pole to the South Pole, they have to drive another 5,000 kilometres. Speaking about the planet, I would like to ask my colleague this question. What planet do the Conservatives live on?

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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24

Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)

May/30/24 2:20:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this is a prime cut of Conservative baloney. I know what I am talking about; my dad was a butcher. The savings that the Conservative Party of Canada claims for Albertans is based on people travelling 37,000 kilometres during their holidays. For 37,000 kilometres, someone can go from the North Pole to the South Pole and still have kilometres left to achieve the savings that the Conservatives claim.

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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24

Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)

May/30/24 2:21:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I know math is not the forte of the Conservative Party of Canada. Let me walk its members through it. By their math, Albertans would have to use 3,293 litres of gasoline over a three-month period. At an average of 8.9 litres per 100 kilometres, that is equivalent to 37,000 kilometres. Someone would have to drive for 10 consecutive days, nonstop, and after two weeks of vacation, they would have two days left, or maybe three, to enjoy that vacation.

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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24

Hon. Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)

May/30/24 2:26:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I know that math is not a strong suit for members of the Conservative Party of Canada, so let me help them out. To achieve the savings that the Conservatives are suggesting, a family would have to burn through 3,293 litres of gas over three months in one summer. If a vehicle uses 8.9 litres per 100 kilometres, that means it would have to travel 37,000 kilometres. A person could drive from the North Pole to the South Pole and practically all the way back to the North Pole at that rate, and of course, they would have to do so over just a couple of months. What nonsense.

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