“Madam Speaker, in a rapidly changing world, the government is focused on what we can control, which is building a stronger economy to make life more affordable for Canadians. Many Canadians continue to face affordability pressures as the cost of essential goods, housing and everyday expenses remain high. That is why the government has also taken action to help Canadians with daily expenses. For example, starting April 20, the federal fuel excise tax on gasoline and diesel, across Canada, will be suspended until Labour Day. This reduces gas station fill-ups by 10¢ per litre on regular gasoline and four cents on diesel. This will help Canadian drivers and reduce operating costs for truckers and businesses in the food, agriculture, housing, construction and delivery sectors. Now I would like to talk about some of the new measures announced in the April 28 spring economic update that will help make life more affordable for Canadians. For one, the update announced the government’s intention to introduce legislative amendments to the Canadian pension plan to reduce the contribution rate in the base CPP from 9.9% to 9.5%, effective next January 1. This would translate into annual savings of about $133 for an employee earning $70,000 a year, with an equivalent savings for their employer for each worker. This change was agreed to by provincial ministers of finance as co-stewards of the plan, and it would maintain a prudent financial buffer to protect the CPP against future economic and demographic risks while providing meaningful contribution relief. For new homebuyers, the update proposes to extend the grace period before starting repayments on the homebuyers’ plan withdrawals from RSPs from two years to five years for participants making a first withdrawal between January 1, 2026, and December 31, 2028. This would provide cash flow relief of up to $4,000 per individual per year for the additional three years they are no longer required to start repaying the amount into their RRSP. This follows the recent elimination of the GST for first-time homebuyers on new homes up to $1 million and the reduction of GST for first-time homebuyers on new homes between $1 million and $1.5 million, providing savings of up to $50,000. These are just some of the ways the government is helping to make life more affordable for Canadians.”
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Madam Speaker, Positioning · 16 wordsthe government cannot tax itself into prosperity and it cannot spend its way out of inflation.PositioningProcedure · 6 wordsThat is what is very frustrating, ProcedureClaims · 15 wordsbecause both of these approaches seem to be what this government keeps trying to do.Positioning · 15 wordsIt is so upside down and backwards.Four cents on diesel is almost a joke.PositioningClaims · 17 wordsThe government is probably getting more than four cents on the GST because of the price increase.Positioning · 5 wordsIt is almost a joke.PositioningClaims · 53 wordsDiesel is what ships our food.It is what ships all the products in Canada.In a lot of ways, it is almost the core of the Canadian economy.The Conservatives wanted to take 25¢ off, to take it all off and reduce all those taxes to give people at home a break.1Reasoning · 33 wordsWe could offset those costs with all the royalties that Canada is getting from our oil and gas while supplying our allies with some of the best oil and gas in the world.
