Discussion · Government Orders
William Stevenson Conservative
“Cutting this tax saves drivers money at the pump. I want the member to explain his claim that it helps oil companies instead.”
“Mr. Speaker, I am a little confused by the NDP member’s comments about rounding the math. I do not want to criticize him for going off topic so much, because I will probably do a bit of that in three hours when I have to speak, but in some of his comments, he said that taking this tax off would somehow subsidize the oil companies. I do not see how he can say that when it is going to help take taxes off the consumer at the pump. Could he explain how he rounds that math?”
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Mr. Speaker, I am a little confused by the NDP member’s comments about rounding the math. I do not want to criticize him for going off topic so much, because I will probably do a bit of that in three hours when I have to speak, but in some of his comments, he said that taking this tax off would somehow subsidize the oil companies. I do not see how he can say that when it is going to help take taxes off the consumer at the pump. Could he explain how he rounds that math?