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Business of Supply

This was a Conservative opposition day motion asking the government to remove all federal taxes on gasoline and diesel for the rest of the year and to cancel the clean fuel standard, which Conservatives presented as relief for households facing high costs of living. Conservatives argued that food bank use, grocery prices, gas prices, and housing costs have made life unaffordable, and that young people in particular feel they can no longer afford a home; they also disputed the suggestion that clean fuel regulations are income for farmers, calling them a cost passed on to consumers. Liberals agreed affordability is a concern but pointed to their own measures, including child care, dental care, a groceries and essentials benefit, and the removal of the consumer carbon price, and asked why Conservatives voted against those programs; one Liberal defended the clean fuel regulations as generating significant revenue for Prairie canola farmers. The Bloc Québécois did not support the motion, arguing that cutting gas taxes and increasing oil production would harm the environment and that the tax cut would cost billions while saving the poorest families little, saying investment in clean energy would be a better response.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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