“Mr. Speaker, I agree with my colleague that energy consumption is changing globally. Perhaps I do not see it happening as rapidly as he hopes, but I agree that the world is in the process of electrifying and greening, and cost curves are clear for renewables and storage. However, that does not provide relief today to Canadians affected by price spikes driven from global uncertainty or Canadians who own combustion engine vehicles. It seems to me that postponing the excise tax is a practical and prudent response in the short term. I would ask my colleague if he sees a place for short-term affordability measures, such as the suspension of the excise tax.”
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 52 wordsI think what my hon. colleague and I agree on is that Canadians need immediate relief and need help with the affordability crisis.I pointed out, and quoted statistics on this, that the policy of the Liberal government to cut the excise tax on oil and gas has not resulted in that.Procedure · 14 wordsThat is not just my opinion.It is the numbers; it is the math.ProcedureClaims · 65 wordsI quoted that the price of gas the day before the Liberals dropped the excise tax back in April was lower than it is today.1The prices are much higher today at the pump, and there was no mechanism whatsoever to ensure that oil companies did not just raise prices when the excise tax came down.That was a criticism we raised at the time, Reasoning · 33 wordsand it is probably a mechanism that should be put in this legislation as well to make sure that every penny of this tax relief goes to consumers.That might actually help Canadians, Claims · 7 wordsbut this legislation does not require it.
