Discussion · Oral Questions
Christine Normandin Bloc Québécois
“The government should spend our tax money on Quebec's needs. Instead of spending 40 billion dollars on oil pipelines, it should fund housing, help the homeless, and lower the cost of living. It must stop funding fossil fuels and make big American tech companies pay into our culture. Will the government focus on what people in Quebec actually need?”
“Mr. Speaker, Quebeckers would feel a little more like masters in their own home if their money were used to meet their needs. That means Ottawa would need to reverse all its environmental rollbacks and fossil fuel subsidies and invest here instead. It would need to reverse its cultural concessions and make American tech giants contribute to our creative industries. It would need to invest in housing, in combatting homelessness, and in lowering the cost of living, instead of investing $40 billion in dirty oil pipelines. Will the government meet Quebeckers’ real needs?”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, Quebeckers would feel a little more like masters in their own home if their money were used to meet their needs. That means Ottawa would need to reverse all its environmental rollbacks and fossil fuel subsidies and invest here instead. It would need to reverse its cultural concessions and make American tech giants contribute to our creative industries. It would need to invest in housing, in combatting homelessness, and in lowering the cost of living, instead of investing $40 billion in dirty oil pipelines. Will the government meet Quebeckers’ real needs?