44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 18, 2024 10:00AM
- Jun/18/24 2:50:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we did not only choose the people of Nova Scotia, we chose all Canadians when we called all the CEOs of the grocery chains to come to explain themselves in Ottawa, to answer to this government and to answer to Canadians. We have introduced one of the most comprehensive reforms on competition because we want more choice, less consolidation and more competition. If the NDP and Conservatives want to do something, they should call Walmart and Costco, like I am doing, to ask them to sign the grocery code of conduct so we bring fairness in this country for all grocers across the nation.
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- Jun/18/24 2:50:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Air Canada made $2 billion in profits last year, but apparently that was not enough, because now Canadians are facing steep summer price hikes at a time when they can least afford it. WestJet is even charging people $25 just to book a ticket by phone. These costs affect northern communities super hard, because flying is often the only option for people there. The government's response has been crickets.
Whether it is grocery chains, oil and gas companies or airlines, the Liberals seem perfectly fine with corporations gouging Canadians. Why is that?
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- Jun/18/24 2:51:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as my colleagues know, WestJet makes its own business decisions, but charging extras for customers who book flights over the phone makes absolutely no sense.
On this side of the aisle, we are working with the Canadian Transportation Agency to increase transparency of fees to make life more affordable. What are they doing? They are voting against all of that.
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- Jun/18/24 2:52:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, June is National Indigenous History Month. It is time to reflect on the legacy and impacts of colonialism, and work together toward a better future. This is top of mind for the 12,000 first nations and non-indigenous residents who live in the Weeneebayko region in northern Ontario.
Could the Minister of Indigenous Services tell us what the government is doing to ensure that everyone has fair access to quality health care?
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- Jun/18/24 2:52:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Brampton South for her advocacy. She is right that for too long indigenous people have been facing discrimination as they access health care. However, everyone in the country has the right to quality health care.
In 2018, our government contributed $158 million to plan the replacement of the Weeneebayko hospital in northern Ontario. As I said in the House last month, we are going to get that health centre built. The federal government is contributing $1.2 billion so that all members in the Weeneebayko area region have equal access to health care.
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- Jun/18/24 2:53:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the $30 billion carbon tax cover-up has been exposed. The costly cover-up coalition hid a secret government report proving that the carbon tax scam commits $30 billion of economic vandalism. The culprit of this cover-up is the environment minister, who has a profound love of orange jumpsuits and handcuffs. He did it to protect the leader of the NDP's pension. Those champagne socialists are not worth the cover-up or the cost.
Why has the environment minister not been fired for misleading Canadians?
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- Jun/18/24 2:53:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the average income in Calgary Forest Lawn is $35,000. The average person in Calgary Forest Lawn can only dream of having an income of more than $250,000 a year. However, their MP thinks that the average person earning $35,000 in Calgary Forest Lawn should pay tax at a higher rate than a multi-millionaire making a profit of more than $250,000 a year. That is shameful.
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- Jun/18/24 2:54:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it looks like the minister has a Ph.D. in wackonomics. Facts are like common sense. In the government, they are not so common.
The proud socialist environment minister's woke, radical, extreme agenda sent two million Canadians to a food bank and one in four into poverty. His government hid a secret report that proves the carbon tax scam costs Canadians an extra $30 billion. If anyone in the private sector covered up a $30 billion loss from shareholders, they would be fired.
How the hell does that guy still have a job?
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- Jun/18/24 2:55:16 p.m.
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This is a message for all hon. members to be very careful about the language they use in the House.
The hon. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.
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- Jun/18/24 2:55:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me share some economic analysis, “Here we have a monstrous policy of transferring wealth from wage-earners to asset-holders, from the working class to the wealthy....Here we have a policy that is specifically designed to transfer wealth from those who earn wages to those who earn capital gains through their assets.” Who said that? The current Conservative leader. He was railing against the holders of assets and claiming to support working people, but we learned last week that is fake populism.
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- Jun/18/24 2:56:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, Canada is on track for the worst living standards in 40 years.
Now the Prime Minister and his radical finance minister are hiking taxes on farmers to pay for their inflationary spending, all during a food crisis. A new report indicates that the Liberal's job-killing tax hike will cost average farmers 30% more in taxes.
Canadians know that when you tax a farmer who grows the food and tax a trucker who ships the food, it is all Canadians who pay the price. How is that fair?
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- Jun/18/24 2:56:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as the proud daughter of a farmer, I know the huge contribution farmers make to our country. That is why I am glad that with these tax measures, we are able to increase the lifetime capital gains exemption to $1.25 million for each farmer in Canada.
I also know that farmers are hard-working people. They are on the side of the working people, not on the side of the multi-millionaires, but that is not the side the Conservatives are on.
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- Jun/18/24 2:57:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, more Canadians are struggling to feed their families, and 25% of Canadians are living in poverty. The Liberals can spin this a hundred different ways, but Canadians know the truth.
First, the government punished Canadians with the carbon tax. Now, it is imposing a job-killing tax hike on the people who produce and provide the services we need to survive. The farmers, welders, plumbers, home builders, doctors and small business owners will all be decimated by this hike.
Will the minister commit to exempting any Canadian earning less than $120,000 a year from this job-killing tax hike?
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- Jun/18/24 2:58:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives are showing not only that they are fake populists, but also that they are populists who cannot do math.
We have been really clear that the new level of capital gains inclusion kicks in only after each individual has made $250,000 in capital gains, and they can do that every single year. That is the reality, and the Conservatives are ashamed of themselves.
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- Jun/18/24 2:59:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the federal government is slipping again when it comes to the French language. Canada Post is hiring unilingual anglophone mail carriers in Belœil and in Saint‑Rémi. Canada Post claims that people do not have to speak French to deliver the mail. Let us remind them that in Quebec, we work in French. We will not tolerate Canada Post anglicizing the workplace of Quebec employees.
It is just further evidence that the Charter of the French Language should be paramount. Knowledge of French is essential in Quebec.
Will the minister immediately set Canada Post straight?
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- Jun/18/24 3:00:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for giving me the chance to remind the entire House that all federal institutions, including Crown corporations like Canada Post, are subject to the Canadian government's Official Languages Act. The good news is that this act was strengthened in the past few years. For the first time in this country's history, this act and the Canadian government recognize that we must defend the French language throughout Canada, but especially in Quebec.
This is everyone's responsibility. It is the responsibility of the Canadian government. What is more, we have a multi-billion dollar plan to help communities across the country.
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- Jun/18/24 3:00:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, by hiring unilingual anglophone employees, Canada Post is undermining the right of all its employees in Quebec to work in French. This issue is putting the reformed Official Languages Act to the test.
Let us not forget that Quebec and the Liberals reached a compromise that does not require federal corporations to comply with the Charter of the French Language. Canada Post is using that compromise to anglicize its workplaces.
Does the minister realize that this is further proof that, reform notwithstanding, the Official Languages Act still promotes the anglicization of Quebec?
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- Jun/18/24 3:01:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on the contrary, for the first time in this country's history, the new Official Languages Act recognizes that French is in jeopardy in Quebec and that it must be protected across the country, but especially in Quebec. I have already answered that question. I made it clear that all Crown corporations are subject to the same treatment.
I have a few seconds left, so, on behalf of all members, I want to thank the latest cohort of pages, who will soon be leaving us, for their outstanding service over the past year.
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- Jun/18/24 3:02:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Larry the plumber from Winnipeg told the finance committee this morning that the Liberal change to the capital gains tax is not fair to his generation. He is not wealthy. He does not have a gold-plated public sector pension or a trust fund to fall back on, like the Prime Minister—
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- Jun/18/24 3:02:26 p.m.
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Colleagues, I am having difficulty hearing the hon. member's question. I am going to ask him to start from the top.
The hon. member.
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