Discussion · Government Orders
Mario Beaulieu Bloc Québécois
“This budget bill does not help Quebec with the new American taxes on steel and aluminum. We want the government to help pay workers' wages in the hardest-hit areas. I want to know what the Conservatives would do about this.”
“Madam Speaker, the budget implementation bill fails to meet a number of urgent needs in Quebec, as well as elsewhere. In particular, there is the fact that the implementation did not take into account Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on all aluminum- and steel-based products. That affects 25% of products and accounts for a significant proportion of Quebec’s exports. We are proposing a wage subsidy for the most heavily affected sectors. I would like to know what my colleague thinks about that and what the Conservatives would do in such a case.”
Official Hansard
Madam Speaker, the budget implementation bill fails to meet a number of urgent needs in Quebec, as well as elsewhere. In particular, there is the fact that the implementation did not take into account Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on all aluminum- and steel-based products. That affects 25% of products and accounts for a significant proportion of Quebec’s exports. We are proposing a wage subsidy for the most heavily affected sectors. I would like to know what my colleague thinks about that and what the Conservatives would do in such a case.