Discussion · Government Orders
Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault Liberal
“We show real leadership by helping people with the cost of living. We brought in this bill to pause the fuel tax, along with tax cuts and school food programs. The Conservatives talk about high costs, but they vote against our help. I want to know if the member agrees this bill shows our leadership.”
“Mr. Speaker, my colleague spoke of leadership in his speech. Real leadership is taking an interest in the cost of living and introducing a bill to extend the excise tax holiday in the the first week of Parliament’s return. Leadership is implementing a range of measures, as we have done since the first day we were elected, to lower taxes for the middle class, make the school food program permanent or implement various employment insurance-related measures, such as temporarily suspending the one-week waiting period. That is the kind of leadership that helps Canadians cope with the cost of living. What is not leadership is talking about affordability in the House and then voting against every single measure when the opportunity arises. I would like to know whether my colleague sees this bill as an example of our government’s ongoing leadership in helping Canadians cope with the cost of living.”
Mr. Speaker, my colleague spoke of leadership in his speech. Real leadership is taking an interest in the cost of living and introducing a bill to extend the excise tax holiday in the the first week of Parliament’s return. Leadership is implementing a range of measures, as we have done since the first day we were elected, to lower taxes for the middle class, make the school food program permanent or implement various employment insurance-related measures, such as temporarily suspending the one-week waiting period. That is the kind of leadership that helps Canadians cope with the cost of living. What is not leadership is talking about affordability in the House and then voting against every single measure when the opportunity arises. I would like to know whether my colleague sees this bill as an example of our government’s ongoing leadership in helping Canadians cope with the cost of living.