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Business of Supply

A Conservative opposition day motion calling on the government to remove all federal taxes on gasoline and diesel, including the GST, for the rest of the year, and in some speakers’ telling also to cancel clean fuel regulations. Conservatives argued high fuel prices drive up the cost of food and living overall, especially in rural areas, and that cutting taxes would provide immediate relief. Liberals said the government has already acted, including a temporary gas tax pause and other affordability measures, and argued that tax cuts should be balanced against protecting social programs like dental care and the Canada child benefit, while questioning whether the cuts would mainly benefit wealthier Canadians and add to the deficit. Bloc Québécois members noted a recent Liberal cut to the excise tax was absorbed by higher refinery margins rather than lowering pump prices, and asked whether the same criticism applied to the government’s own gas tax pause. Some members raised related points such as child care spaces and a proposed school food program.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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