“Mr. Speaker, my colleague called the Conservatives right-wing. Judging from their current policies, the Liberals themselves seem to be drifting further and further right. Eliminating the excise tax primarily benefits the rich. It also benefits oil companies. We know that their supply costs are not going up, because they get their oil from Canada and the U.S., yet they are basing their prices on the global price of a barrel of oil anyway. Prices dropped slightly when the excise tax was suspended, but they have gone back up. How do we know the oil companies did not just take advantage of this measure to increase their credit margins?”
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 78 wordslike other G7 countries, in fact allied countries that the Government of Canada works with, we monitor the price of oil.3It is important to recognize that it is a tangible, deliverable tax break that is being given from April 1, I believe, to Labour Day weekend because of the crisis in the Middle East.1Unearned certaintyIt is a responsible public policy that is there to provide support on the issue of affordability.Partly on pointIt has already made a difference.Reasoning · 22 wordsIf the member wants to get a better sense of it, he can talk to constituents who have to pay for gas.Claims · 33 wordsIt is not just rich people who benefit from this.If he goes to the lineups and talks to the consumer, he will hear that consumers are benefiting today because of this policy.The ask · 20 wordsI believe that the Bloc should be onside and support the 10¢ excise tax relief being provided to all Canadians.2
