44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 11, 2024 10:00AM
- Jun/11/24 2:50:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as the daughter of a farmer, I understand our farmers' situation.
I want to point out that we increased the lifetime exemption for farmers. I also want to point out that Quebec had a choice and that the Quebec finance minister decided to follow the federal government's lead on capital gains because Quebec needs revenue, for example for health care.
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- Jun/11/24 2:51:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Jean-René Patry is 80 years old. He has worked his entire life and is still working, although he is starting to feel tired. Even though he works, he is forced to live in his van. With his pension and earnings from odd-jobs, an apartment in Montreal is now beyond his means. All of that is the result of the Liberals and the Conservatives leaving housing in the hands of speculators. Mr. Patry knows full well what is needed: social housing, and the sooner the better. Thousands of people just like him are no longer able to put a roof over their heads.
What does the Minister of Housing have to say to all the people like Mr. Patry across Quebec and Canada?
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- Jun/11/24 2:51:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would tell Mr. Patry that today is a day that will go down in history. Today we are going to implement tax measures that will ensure fairness and allow us to invest in housing, health care and medication. I hope the NDP will follow our lead.
What we are doing today is making sure that we are going to call on multi-millionaires to do a little more to help Mr. Patry.
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- Jun/11/24 2:52:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over one million Canadians with disabilities cannot afford bare necessities. They cannot keep up with groceries, housing or their medication costs.
The Liberals promised that their new Canada disability benefit would lift Canadians with disabilities out of poverty; it will not. The $200 does not even scratch the surface of an adequate income.
Will the finance minister admit the Liberals messed up the rollout of this benefit, listen to the community feedback and fix their botched mess?
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- Jun/11/24 2:53:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for her question.
We are the government that has brought in the disability benefit. We are the government that has funded this benefit within this budget, to the highest tune of $6 billion. There will be 600,000 Canadians who will be supported through this benefit.
This is a critical moment for Canadians, for our government and for all of us working together. I want to thank all who have been advocating and working for this. We are building a fairer and more inclusive Canada.
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- Jun/11/24 2:53:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadian families know that the Liberal government will be there to support them when they need it most.
Government programs, such as $10-a-day child care and a pharmacare system that helps to pay for contraceptives, have allowed a record number of women to enter the workforce. This is huge for Canadian families and the economy.
Can the Minister of Families notify this House how we will continue to advance this progress and further enhance generational fairness?
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- Jun/11/24 2:54:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we are proud of the programs that we have put in place to help Canadian families get ahead. Generational fairness means asking the most fortunate Canadians to pay a little more. It means ensuring that our tax system is fair.
Today, Conservatives have made it clear that they are not in favour of fairness. They would rather cancel $10-a-day child care, cancel our national school food program and cancel dental care for those who need it. Really, this is definitely not fair for Canadians.
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- Jun/11/24 2:54:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals' increase in the capital gains inclusion rate from 50% to 67% is a direct attack on Canadian farm families.
The Liberals like to claim that this will only impact the ultra-rich, but that just is not true. This will impact family farms and young farmers who are just trying to take over the family farm. The average grain farm will easily exceed the lifetime exemption rate.
This tax increase is not fair and will jeopardize the economic viability of farm families and our rural communities. Will the Prime Minister end his attack on family farms that are just trying to put food on our table?
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- Jun/11/24 2:55:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is important to note that when my hon. colleague and his government were in power, they slashed half a billion dollars at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. They slashed $200 million out of the business risk management program. The question I have is, how much more would you slash if you ever got the chance to slash?
I can assure Canadians that we have reinstated the funding to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and we have reinstated the funding to the business risk management program. We have supported and will continue to support farmers in this country.
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- Jun/11/24 2:56:22 p.m.
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I would like to remind the hon. minister that, of course, questions should be put through me. That is the best way that it should be done.
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- Jun/11/24 2:56:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is not reassuring that the agriculture minister still does not know that there is going to be a capital gains inclusion rate change that is going to impact Canadian farmers.
Farmers are trying to work hard every day to feed Canadians. The only thing this tax change is going to do is feed an obese Liberal government. The Liberals say this is about fairness, but it is not fair to young farmers. When they buy the family operation, they are burdened with millions of dollars in debt.
This is a gift to the ultra-rich who will buy up family farmland, making mega-multinational industrial farms. Will the Prime Minister admit this is not a tax on the ultra-rich, it is an attack on the very survival of family farms?
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- Jun/11/24 2:57:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over the past nine years, the Conservative Party has a record. When it was asked to vote to lower taxes on the middle class, what did it say? No. When it was asked to approve a Canada child benefit, what did it say? No. When it was asked to vote on child care, on pharmacare and on dental care, what did it say? It said no.
Why is it that when Canadians look to the Conservative Party to stand up for them, it takes a seat?
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- Jun/11/24 2:57:48 p.m.
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I would like to remind all members on the government side, as well as all members generally, that chanting is not permitted in the House.
The hon. member for South Shore—St. Margarets.
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- Jun/11/24 2:58:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, lobstermen in Nova Scotia fish for our food, risking their lives in the winter.
Waves crashing over them, fishing in blizzards and high seas, they risk their lives for 40 years so that they can save a little to retire on the sale of their boat and their licence. The NDP-Liberal latest tax grab on fishermen is to increase, massively, the tax on the sale of their licence, boat and gear, even after the fishing exemption.
Why do the NDP-Liberals think that robbing fishermen of a dignified and honest retirement is fair?
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- Jun/11/24 2:58:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today is an important day for Canadians, because, today, after eight weeks of truly undignified dithering and deflecting, the Conservatives have finally shown their true colours. We now know what they really stand for. They had a chance to stand with the plumbers, welders, nurses and teachers, but they have decided that multi-millionaires should pay lower taxes than working Canadians. That is just—
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- Jun/11/24 2:59:24 p.m.
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The hon. member for South Shore—St. Margarets.
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- Jun/11/24 2:59:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the only thing the Liberal minister is doing is bringing in retirement-killing taxes on fishermen. Mrs. J. and her husband from Nova Scotia worked for 50 years to build their lobster and fish-buying business. They sold their business to create their modest retirement income by investing the proceeds, creating a humble retirement.
They paid their fair share of taxes already but Liberals want to take more of their retirement income.
Why does the Prime Minister think that robbing an 85-year-old widow of her hard-earned, dignified retirement income is fair?
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- Jun/11/24 3:00:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have already, today, at last, established that the Conservatives are against parents, that they are against a nurse or a welder paying taxes at a fair rate. They want a nurse or a welder to pay more tax than a multi-millionaire.
What else are the Conservatives saying? They are saying that they are going to cut, cut, cut. They are going to cut the dental care that is providing care for people in Atlantic Canada. They are going to cut the early learning and child care. They are going to cut pharmacare.
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- Jun/11/24 3:01:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, farmers suffered disastrous harvests last year, due in part to natural disasters. Last week, they finally reached an agreement with the Quebec government on compensation and have said loud and clear that now it is Ottawa's turn.
Representatives of produce growers are in Ottawa today. They met with the minister this morning to remind him that they exist and that they deserve support. They have been calling on the federal government to provide emergency assistance for almost a year now.
When will the minister finally listen to them and trigger the AgriRecovery program?
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- Jun/11/24 3:02:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my hon. colleague's concern. He knows that I am concerned too. I did meet them and I appreciate the work that he has done with the farmers but he is well aware that AgriRecovery is a joint effort between the Government of Canada and the provincial governments across the country.
I can share with the House that we have been working closely with the Government of Quebec and that things are progressing well. I know the farmers need the money, and we will work as fast as we can, making sure that we follow proper procedures to get the money in the hands of the farmers as quickly as we can.
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