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House Hansard - 326

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 6, 2024 10:00AM
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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Jun/6/24 10:03:10 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8)(a), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to three petitions. These returns will be tabled in an electronic format.
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The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Jun/6/24 10:08:36 a.m.
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I want to remind the hon. member, and all hon. members in the House, that they cannot put their points of view on the petitions. It has to be the petitioners' point of view. I would ask members to refrain from saying whether they are in support or are urging the government.
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Ms. Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre, NDP)
Madam Speaker, I am honoured to rise to present three petitions today. The first is in support of volunteer firefighters, who account for 71% of Canada's total firefighting essential first responders. Approximately 8,000 essential search and rescue volunteers respond to thousands of incidents every year. The petitioners state that the tax code of Canada currently allows volunteer firefighters and search and rescue volunteers to claim a $3,000 tax credit, but only if 200 hours of volunteer services were completed in a calendar year. This works out to a mere $450 per year, which would allow these essential work volunteers to keep, of their own income from their regular jobs, $2.25 an hour. The petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada to support Bill C-310 and enact amendments to subsections 118.06(2) and 118.07(2) of the Income Tax Act in order to increase the amount of tax credits for volunteer firefighters and search and rescue volunteers from $3,000 to $10,000. The second petition I wish to present calls on the government, again, to support Bill C-310 and enact amendments to subsections 118.06(2) and 118.07(2) of the Income Tax Act for firefighters.
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The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Jun/6/24 10:11:52 a.m.
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There are a lot of individuals rising for petitions. I just want to remind members that they are supposed to summarize. If they could give a brief summary, we can try to get through all these petitions. The hon. member for Saanich—Gulf Islands.
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The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Jun/6/24 10:16:54 a.m.
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I remind members that they are not to read the petitions verbatim; they are supposed to be summarizing them. I see that there are a lot of individuals trying to get their petitions in. We have only four minutes, so I would ask members to please summarize. The hon. member for Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa has the floor.
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Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Jun/6/24 10:18:08 a.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, I have some petitions with me as well. I have petition number 12950150, on the subject of foreign affairs. This is a similar petition to what was already tabled, but I wanted to show my support for how important it is to share that Israel's war with Hamas killed almost 20,000 people in Gaza in the two months between October 7 and December 18, 2023, with about 70% of them being women and children. The undersigned citizens and residents of Canada have called on the government to impose a two-way embargo on arms between Canada and Israel; to investigate whether Canadian weapons or weapons components have been used against Palestinian civilians in the occupied Palestinian territories, including during the current war on Gaza; to review all military and security co-operation between Israel and Canada; and finally, to close loopholes that allow the unregulated and unreported transfer of military goods to Israel through the United States.
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The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Jun/6/24 10:21:50 a.m.
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There is no more time for petitions. That brings us to the end. I do want to remind members again that they are to summarize their petitions when we do petitions. They are not to put their points of view forward as to whether they support those petitions. That brings us to the end of petitions. The hon. member for Winnipeg Centre is rising on a point of order.
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