Discussion · Government Orders
Mario Beaulieu Bloc Québécois
“The Liberals are acting like the Conservatives. Cutting the fuel tax mostly helps rich people and oil companies. Gas prices went down a little when the tax was removed, but now they are back up. The oil companies are just using this tax cut to make more money.”
“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?”
Official Hansard
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?