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Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 44 wordstoday I rise to speak, on behalf of the great people of Brampton West, to Bill C-38, an act to amend the Excise Tax Act, also known as the Canadian fuel affordability act, 1and the impact of high prices on Canadian businesses and families.Procedure Claims · 24 wordsAfter visiting and talking to the residents of Brampton West this summer, I can say that this is an incredibly important issue affecting Canadians. Procedure · 8 wordsFor months, Conservatives have delivered a simple message: ProcedurePositioning · 20 wordsStop raising costs, cut taxes, lower the cost of fuel and let Canadians keep more of the money they earn.Positioning Claims · 21 wordsNow, after months of Conservative pressure, the government would be extending the fuel tax relief. That is good news for Canadians, Procedure · 5 wordsbut let us be clear.Procedure Claims · 21 wordsThis would not be permanent tax relief. It would be a temporary extension. The tax is still scheduled to come back, Positioning · 11 wordsand Canadians deserve better than a temporary break from high prices.Positioning Claims · 19 wordsConservatives have been fighting for lower fuel taxes because we understand something the government has been slow to recognize: Reasoning · 44 wordsFuel taxes do not stop at the gas pump. They travel through the entire economy. When it costs more for fuel, it costs more to produce our food, build our homes and supply our businesses, and eventually we all end up paying higher prices. Claims · 46 wordsThe government itself now acknowledges that the fuel tax relief benefits truckers. It also benefits agriculture, construction and housing. Conservatives agree. In fact, we have been making the argument for years. That is why we fought against higher fuel prices. That is why we demanded relief. The ask · 8 wordsThat is why the government should go further. Positioning · 12 wordsIf lower fuel taxes help Canadians today, why bring those back tomorrow?Positioning The ask · 9 wordsThat is the question the government needs to answer. Claims · 56 wordsUnder the current plan, the regular federal excise tax is 10¢ per litre on gasoline and four cents per litre on diesel.2 The suspension would be extended through January.3 Then the tax would come back again at half the regular rate in February and March, 4and the full rate is scheduled to return in April 2027.5 Procedure · 5 wordsLet us think about that.Procedure Claims · 22 wordsCanadians would get relief today, but the government has scheduled the tax to come back. That is not a long-term affordability plan. Reasoning · 16 wordsConservatives believe that Canadians need long-lasting relief because the affordability crisis will not disappear in February. Claims · 28 wordsThe grocery bills and mortgage payments will not disappear in February. The family that needs its vehicle to get to work will need gasoline in February and beyond. Positioning · 6 wordsWhy should the tax break disappear?Positioning Procedure · 8 wordsI represent the wonderful riding of Brampton West.Procedure Claims · 121 wordsThis issue is very real for the people I represent. Brampton is a working city. It is a trucking, manufacturing and small business city. Every morning, people get up early, get into their car or truck and go to work. They are not driving because it is a luxury. They are driving because they have a business to run, a construction site to reach or children to take to school. These Canadians work hard. Increasingly, they feel like the government is taking more, while their paycheques buy less. They see it at the grocery store, in their housing costs and every time they fill their tank. That is why Conservatives have been demanding affordability measures that put money in people’s pockets. Positioning · 10 wordsCanadians do not need more bureaucracy or another complicated program.Positioning Claims · 15 wordsCanada is competing for jobs. We are competing for investments. We are competing for manufacturing.Off point Positioning · 11 wordsCommunities such as Brampton know what happens when those jobs leave.PositioningPartly on point Claims · 21 wordsRecently, Brampton has experienced the devastating uncertainty surrounding the Stellantis assembly plant.7 Thousands of workers and their families have been affected. Positioning · 21 wordsThose workers do not need more speeches about competitiveness.Off point They need Canada to become competitive, affordable, Partly on pointand a land of opportunity.Positioning Reasoning · 65 wordsThat means lowering the cost of doing business, and it means encouraging businesses to hire here. Conservatives believe Canada should compete by making our economy stronger with lower taxes, faster approvals, more investments, more productions and more Canadian jobs. We should make Canada the best place in the world to invest, build and hire, because every investment represents something more important than a government announcement. Claims · 32 wordsIt represents a paycheque. It represents a worker. It represents a family.Off point The government estimates that extending the fuel tax suspension would provide billions of dollars in additional relief.6 That is good, Procedure · 5 wordsbut it raises another question: ProcedurePositioning · 23 wordsIf keeping that money in the economy helps Canadians now, why should the government be in such a hurry to take it back?Positioning Reasoning · 10 wordsConservatives believe that the money Canadians earn belongs to Canadians. The ask · 6 wordsThe government must justify taking it. Claims · 24 wordsFamilies know where their money is needed. Maybe it is a mortgage, groceries, the hydro bill, hockey registration or keeping a small business alive. Positioning · 74 wordsCanadians do not need government telling them how to spend every additional dollar. Conservatives also understand who ultimately carries the burden when government raises the costs. It is the trucker leaving Brampton before sunrise, the contractor trying to keep a project on budget, the small business owners wondering whether there will be enough left at the end of the month, and the parents sitting at their kitchen table deciding which bills get paid first.Positioning Reasoning · 9 wordsGovernment policy should make their life easier, not harder. Promise · 26 wordsConservatives will support meaningful tax relief. We will support measures that make life more affordable.Vague promise However, we will also continue pushing the government to go further, Vague promiseReasoning · 82 wordsbecause one temporary tax measure cannot undo years of rising costs. Canada needs an economic plan based on growth that rewards work, investment and entrepreneurship. We need to build homes, infrastructure and energy projects that create jobs, Partly on pointand we need to bring down the cost of doing business. That is how Canada becomes competitive, that is how wages grow, that is how opportunities are created and that is how we give young Canadians the hope that working hard will get them ahead.Partly on point Claims · 34 wordsBill C-38 presents the government with an opportunity. It can acknowledge what Conservatives have been saying: Canadians are overtaxed, families need relief, businesses need lower taxes and our economy needs to become more competitive. The ask · 37 wordsTherefore, extend the relief, make affordability the priority, keep fuel prices down, lower taxes on work and investment, get Canadian projects built, bring investment back to Canada, protect Canadian manufacturing and create powerful paycheques for Canadian workers. Positioning · 18 wordsConservatives believe in the Canadian worker. We believe in our farmers, our truckers, our tradespeople and our entrepreneurs.Positioning Reasoning · 10 wordsWe believe that Canadians should be rewarded for working hard, Procedure · 10 wordsso our message with respect to Bill C-38 is simple: ProcedureClaims · 10 wordsAny relief is welcome, but temporary relief is not enough. The ask · 21 wordsKeep taxes down, bring costs down, make Canada competitive, protect Canadians’ jobs and let Canadians keep more of what they earn, Positioning · 26 wordsbecause Canadians do not need another band-aid solution. They need everlasting affordability. They need good jobs, better opportunity and an economy where hard work pays again.PositioningPartly on point Reasoning · 19 wordsA government cannot run from a fundamental responsibility to protect and help citizens.Off point Canadians deserve safety, security and affordability.Partly on point Claims · 13 wordsThat is what families in Brampton West and across Canada are asking for, Promise · 9 wordsand that is what Conservatives will continue fighting for.Vague promise
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