“Madam Speaker, I am kind of struck that Conservatives often address the issue of the day with this kind of gotcha politics but often miss the big picture. In this case, the member talked a lot about the costs of diesel and trucking, but our government is investing in port infrastructure and in rail infrastructure, because the cost of shipping commodities by rail is half the cost of trucking, and by ship, it is four or five times less. I have some local examples of that. In Hamilton, we are investing in what is called highway H2O, the St. Lawrence Seaway, getting more cargo onto ship traffic and getting trucks off highways. Across the country, we are also investing in rail. Again, I have an example from Hamilton. There is a 50% rebate on steel that is shipped by rail or ship, promoting alternative modes of transportation for cargo other than trucking, which is a real cost savings for Canadians beyond the initial excise tax issue we are talking about right now.”
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Positioning 27%Claims 44%The ask 29%
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Madam Speaker, Positioning · 6 wordsdo people know who delivers food?PositioningClaims · 3 wordsIt is truckers.Positioning · 14 wordsAs I said in my speech, truckers are the lifeblood of our vast country, PositioningClaims · 30 wordsyet the government is making it harder for them to deliver the food we all need.Partly on pointConservatives are fighting to give them a tax break on diesel until Canada Day, 1The ask · 22 wordsand we hope the government will work with us to give this break to Canadians, truckers, the whole trucking industry and farmers.
