44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 11, 2024 10:00AM
- Jun/11/24 3:06:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of this Liberal government, rents are skyrocketing and affordable housing is getting scarcer.
Canadians are struggling and now the Prime Minister wants to make the situation worse by adding a tax on housing. The Corporation des propriétaires immobiliers du Québec says that adopting this measure would result in even higher rents, which is definitely something to avoid, given the current context.
This Prime Minister wants to increase taxes on housing in the midst of a housing crisis. How is that possible?
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- Jun/11/24 3:07:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have good news for my colleague opposite. This morning, Statistics Canada reported that April saw a record number of new building permits granted. In fact, 22,600 new permits were granted in a single month. That number, 22,600, is far greater than 6.
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- Jun/11/24 3:08:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we know that the countries that create major inequalities between the rich and the poor end up failing. Whether we are talking about child care, the Canada child benefit, dental care, affordable housing and so on, we are there to support those who need it. In Canada, we are bringing in a fairer tax system for all generations.
Can the minister tell us what our government is doing to strengthen our social safety net, which benefits all Canadians?
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- Jun/11/24 3:08:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it makes no sense for a nurse to pay a higher tax rate than a multi-millionaire. That is currently the situation.
We have a duty to ensure fairness. By increasing the capital gains tax, we will invest more in housing, more in prescription drugs, more in the social safety net.
Today, it is clear that the other side of the House has chosen a camp, that of the multi-millionaires.
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- Jun/11/24 3:09:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals will do anything to make people believe that they are standing up for the middle class, but people are not buying it after nine years of reckless policies that have exacerbated inequalities.
Now, the Liberals are going after the dead and grieving families with the federal capital gains tax. We are talking about a tax hike on inheritances.
Are the Liberals so desperate that they are prepared to tax the dead and those who are grieving?
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- Jun/11/24 3:09:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today is an important day for Canadians. Today, every member must make a choice. Each and every one of us must decide whether we are in favour of fairness, whether we think that a nurse should pay less taxes than a multimillionaire. In our party, we know what we think.
Today, Canadians also know what the Conservatives think. They are against fairness. They support multi-millionaires.
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- Jun/11/24 3:10:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have made our choice.
We choose to help older people who are thinking of their children, who want to leave them a reasonable inheritance. Those people know these tax measures will eat into the value of that inheritance, leaving less for their children. We cannot allow them to be put in that position.
Can the Minister of Finance explain why the value of inheritances left by people who will soon no longer be with us are going to be drastically reduced by the federal government's tax?
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- Jun/11/24 3:10:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, since I came to the House nine years ago, and I daresay since the Leader of the Opposition took his seat 20 years ago and proceeded to do little else, the Conservatives have voted against reducing taxes for the middle class, against the Canada child benefit, against funding child care, against dental care and against pharmacare.
Every time Canadians ask the Conservatives to stand up for them, they remain seated.
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- Jun/11/24 3:11:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, farmers, fishers, families and physicians will all be impacted by this tax. The government either did not know this was the case or did not care. Had the government actually taken the time to ask StatsCan, it might have found out that almost 50% of the people impacted by this tax, otherwise, make less than $100,000 a year.
Why does the government continue to insist on purposely misleading Canadians about who will be impacted by this job-killing tax?
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- Jun/11/24 3:12:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the only party trying to mislead Canadians is the Conservative Party, because it has been trying to pose as the party of the little guy. Today, the Conservatives had to make a choice. It was a hard choice for them. It took them eight weeks of struggle, but, at the end of the day, the Conservatives made the choice they always make. They are voting against fairness. They are voting in favour of austerity. They are voting in favour of their rich lobbyist friends. That is what they always do.
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- Jun/11/24 3:12:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, many young people in my riding of Don Valley East are worried about not being able to find a place to call their home. They see housing being used more and more as a way to make money, and it is hurting their possibility of home ownership.
Can the Minister of Public Services and Procurement tell this House what the government's plan is to make housing more affordable and to help build a fairer future for all young Canadians?
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- Jun/11/24 3:13:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, unlike Conservatives, who have been treating home ownership like a casino, we put in place a foreign buyers ban so that foreign speculators no longer price out hard-working Canadian families. Unlike the Conservatives, we are working with MPs in the GTA to use public lands for affordable homes and not for the profits of the highest bidders, and our plan for tax fairness is asking wealthier Canadians to pay a bit more so we can build more homes faster. Will the Leader of the Opposition support that plan for housing: fairness and tax fairness?
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- Jun/11/24 3:14:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, for decades, the Mushkegowuk Cree of James Bay have fought to end substandard health and to get a proper hospital built, but now that the deadline is looming for the future of the Weeneebayko hospital, the federal government has walked away. If it does not return to the table with funding, the construction companies will quit and the provincial funding will evaporate, and all these years of hard work will be lost. The communities and the NDP have called on the Prime Minister to intervene.
It is now or never, so is the minister willing to commit today to flow the funds so this hospital in James Bay can finally be built?
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- Jun/11/24 3:14:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, every Canadian in this country deserves access to health care, and that is why we are working so closely with the hospital, with Ontario, to make sure that residents in the Moosonee area can actually access health care, just like every other person in Ontario. I met with the board yesterday, I met with Grand Chief Fiddler, and the Prime Minister has also written a letter confirming our commitment to this project.
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- Jun/11/24 3:15:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are jeopardizing affordable child care by refusing fair pay and benefits for child care workers. In Alberta, experts say child care workers earn less than a livable wage, driving many away from the sector. However, this is an issue across Canada, as low pay and benefits are common for child care workers, most of whom are indigenous and women of colour.
When will the Liberals get serious about affordable, quality child care and create a national workforce strategy for child care workers that actually works?
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- Jun/11/24 3:15:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for her advocacy. I know she cares deeply about early childhood education. I am happy to share back in response to her question that we are working with the provinces and territories on a national strategy for the workforce. I look forward to moving that forward. There is a lot of work to be done as we work to create 250,000 new spaces, and the early childhood workers are at the heart of that strategy.
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- Jun/11/24 3:16:25 p.m.
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This year, Canadians are commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day, giving us the opportunity to recognize the sacrifices that the men and women in the Canadian Armed Forces have made and continue to make on our behalf.
I want to be sure that citizens across the country are aware of the sacrifices that members of the Canadian Armed Forces have made and continue to make on their behalf.
This year we are also marking and celebrating the centennial of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Accordingly, I wish to draw the attention of members to the presence in the gallery of members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, including Lieutenant-General Eric Kenny, commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and Loreena McKennitt, who is departing after 10 years of serving as its honorary colonel.
Some hon. members: Hear, hear!
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- Jun/11/24 3:17:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. There have been consultations with all the parties and I—
Some hon. members: No.
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- Jun/11/24 3:18:04 p.m.
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Even before the hon. member has been able to raise the issue, I am hearing “no” in this room. Once again, I would like to remind all members, please, to do negotiations and consultations, as much as possible, so that we can use the time of the House very efficiently.
The hon. member for Vancouver East is rising on another point of order.
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- Jun/11/24 3:18:26 p.m.
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Yes, Mr. Speaker, I am. Actually, I had not even said what I was going to say. I am not quite sure how members would know pre-emptively what I was going to raise.
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