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House Hansard - 331

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 13, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 331 - Jun/13/24
Mr. Xavier Barsalou-Duval
  • Jun/13/24 5:48:14 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, what I find sad is the Conservatives' total lack of intellectual integrity. That is what I find sad. All day, they have been saying that the tax will have a $5‑billion impact on Quebec, but that is utterly false. That $5 billion does not exist. It will never exist. It is a number in an Excel spreadsheet, and they know perfectly well that it does not apply to Quebec. All they wanted to do was lead us down the garden path.
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Context: House Hansard - 331 - Jun/13/24
Mr. Xavier Barsalou-Duval
  • Jun/13/24 5:49:31 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague raises a good point. She asked me whether I am concerned about so much money ending up in the oil companies' coffers. My answer is yes, absolutely. The government is taking our tax dollars and sending them to the oil companies. Here are some figures on oil company profits in 2023. Suncor made $2.8 billion in profits. Imperial Oil made $4.9 billion. Enbridge made $5.8 billion. Shell made $28 billion. How could we not feel sorry for them? Those companies really need our money. I think we have the answer to that question.
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Context: House Hansard - 331 - Jun/13/24
Mr. Kelly McCauley (Edmonton West, CPC)
  • Jun/13/24 7:16:00 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, in the main estimates, there is over $46 billion just in interest payments on the debt of the government. Could the member explain some of the things that Canadians could use that $46 billion for instead of paying off wealthy bankers?
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Context: House Hansard - 331 - Jun/13/24
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Jun/13/24 7:16:26 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, what could Canadians not use this $46 billion for? They could use it to put groceries on the table, to put gas in their vehicles and to keep their homes warm. They could use it to buy homes if there were a better supply of habitations in this country at this time. I think the point my wonderful colleague from Edmonton West is making is that the government has unnecessarily spent not only this generation but following generations into complete debt and despair. The estimates that we will be voting on this evening are another example of that. I wish I could offer a brighter outlook to my colleague from Edmonton West, but I see gloom and doom ahead until a Conservative government is elected.
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