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Pat Kelly

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Calgary Rocky Ridge
  • Alberta
  • Voting Attendance: 64%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $149,543.95

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Context: House Hansard - 284 - Feb/16/24
Mr. Pat Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge, CPC)
  • Feb/16/24 12:02:28 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the parliamentary secretary wants to help Canadians and help industry by raising their taxes eight years in a row. Canada's taxes on beer, wine and spirits are already among the highest in the entire world. Brewers spend more than twice as much on production tax as they do on wages for their well-paid unionized workers, proving that this Prime Minister is not worth the cost to Canadian jobs. If the current NDP-Liberal government cannot give happy hour back to Canadian consumers, will it at least axe the automatic tax increase on industry, exporters, small businesses, unionized production workers, retailers and restaurant servers?
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Context: House Hansard - 284 - Feb/16/24
Mr. Pat Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge, CPC)
  • Feb/16/24 12:01:21 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, after eight years, the NDP-Liberal government is going to raise the tax on beer, wine and spirits, again on April 1 for the eighth year in a row. Most Canadians can barely afford to eat, heat and house themselves and we know that this Prime Minister is not worth the cost, but our brewers, vintners and distillers know that the current government is harming their industries. For once, will the Liberals cancel this year's undemocratic automatic tax increase, and bring back happy hour for Canadians?
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Context: House Hansard - 274 - Feb/2/24
Mr. Pat Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge, CPC)
  • Feb/2/24 12:01:30 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, on April 1 this Liberal-NDP government is going to automatically raise the tax on beer, wine and spirits for the eighth year in a row without even a vote from elected MPs. When a simple treat like sharing a bottle of wine with a loved one becomes unaffordable, Canadians know that after eight years, the Prime Minister is not worth the cost. Will the Prime Minister stop this automatic annual tax increase and bring back happy hour for Canadians?
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Context: House Hansard - 177 - Mar/31/23
Mr. Pat Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge, CPC)
Madam Speaker, the budget still allows the automatic tax increase to take place tonight on beer, wine and spirits. Under this Liberal government, simple pleasures like enjoying beer with friends after work or a bottle of wine over dinner with a loved one have become unaffordable luxuries for working Canadians. Will the government commit today to support my bill, Bill C-266, and cancel the automatic annual tax increase on beer, wine and spirits?
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Context: House Hansard - 50 - Mar/31/22
Mr. Pat Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge, CPC)
Mr. Speaker, tomorrow, the tax on beer, wine and spirits will increase automatically thanks to the government's excise escalator. Today, I tabled Bill C-266 to repeal this automatic annual tax increase. Under the government, simple pleasures such as enjoying a beer with friends after work, or a bottle of wine over dinner with a loved one, are increasingly unaffordable for working people. Will the government give Canadian brewers, vintners, distillers and especially consumers a break, and support Bill C-266?
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Context: House Hansard - 50 - Mar/31/22
Mr. Pat Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge, CPC)
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-266, an Act to amend the Excise Act and the Excise Act, 2001 (adjusted duties - beer, malt liquor, spirits and wine). He said: Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce this bill in the House of Commons this morning. I thank the member for Kelowna—Lake Country for seconding my bill. Tomorrow, the tax on beer, wine and spirits will go up automatically. This bill would repeal the automatic annual tax increase. This ever-increasing tax makes enjoying a beer with friends, or a bottle of wine with dinner, increasingly unaffordable for working Canadians during an inflation crisis, and it makes Canadian producers less able to compete internationally. Perhaps worst of all is that the automatic escalator denies Parliament its most basic function. If the government wishes to raise taxes, it should be forced to ask Parliament, not just raise them automatically. Therefore, I hope members from all parties will support this bill and restore the power to raise taxes to Parliament, where it belongs.
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