Following a speech by Gérard Deltell (Conservative)
“Mr. Speaker, yes, a year ago the government cancelled the carbon tax. I have to remind him that from 2015 to 2025, he spent all day long attacking those people who said that it was not very good to have a carbon tax. The Liberals said all the wrong things about that, but finally they recognized that was the right thing to do. The member is talking about the tax break that his government gave for 10¢ of taxe d’accise, as we are calling it in French. By the way, in 1979, we have to remember that under Joe Clark, the Progressive Conservative Party government applied this and said that we had to raise it to a level that was attacked by the Liberals at that time, but when they were back in power in 1980, they doubled that taxation. To the point about the taxe d’accise of 10¢—”
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 23 wordswhen the Liberals treat Canadians like a cash cow and spend so irresponsibly, they are adding more money to the national credit card, Reasoning · 16 wordswhich means we have to put more money toward repaying the debt than funding public services.Positioning · 9 wordsWhat are the consequences of this kind of spending?Positioning
