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An opposition day motion on affordability. The Conservatives proposed eliminating fuel taxes, including the sales tax on fuels, for the rest of the year, saying their policies caused the cost of living crisis and would save families over $1,200. Liberals said the government had already cut fuel costs, including removing the consumer carbon price, and pointed to measures like child care, the child benefit, dental care and pension increases; they argued the motion was too narrow, would cut revenue for social programs, and that ending the clean fuel regulations would hurt farmers who sell crops for biofuels. Bloc Québécois members asked why the motion did not address money owed to Quebec over past federal rebate cheques, and suggested regulating fuel prices instead of cutting taxes. One exchange included a point of order about noise in the chamber.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Andréanne Larouche

Bloc Québécois
“The government sent cheques to most Canadians, but not to people in Quebec. Quebeckers still have to pay the debt for those cheques. Ottawa took over $814 million from Quebec, and the Conservative motion ignores this. Does the member agree that Quebec is owed that money?”
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Mr. Speaker, it is interesting to read today’s Conservative motion and discuss what is missing from the motion. I have a question for my colleague. One of the things we in the Bloc Québécois have noticed is that this Conservative motion is missing something. In the spring of 2025, a vote-buying cheque was sent out to everyone in the provinces, except people in Quebec and British Columbia. While people in the rest of Canada were receiving cheques, Quebeckers were still paying interest on the debt incurred from those cheques and the carbon tax. We know that the sole purpose of the measure was to buy votes. People in Quebec did not pay that tax. In the end, Ottawa literally stole more than $814 million from Quebeckers through the Liberals’ vote-buying cheques. The Conservatives have also left that out of today’s motion. In a context of significant financial needs and with the heavy burden of pressure and responsibility on Quebec, does my colleague believe that we are entitled to that $814 million?

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Mario Simard

Bloc Québécois
“When the government cuts fuel taxes, oil companies just raise their prices and keep the extra money. We should control gas prices instead of cutting taxes so oil companies cannot do this.”
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Mr. Speaker, we have seen this in the past. What do oil companies do when the government cuts fuel taxes? They boost their refining margins. We need to put a mechanism in place if we want to have a direct impact on the price of oil. The best mechanism would perhaps be some type of price management system to ensure that the gluttonous oil and gas sectors do not take advantage of the fact that the government is giving the public tax credits or tax cuts to unduly increase their refining margins. It seems like that would be somewhat more productive than what my Conservative colleagues are proposing today. I look forward to hearing my colleague’s thoughts on that.

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