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The House debated a Conservative opposition day motion to remove all federal taxes on gasoline and diesel for the rest of the year and cancel the clean fuel regulations, as a response to high living costs. Conservatives said fuel taxes are pushing up prices for families and businesses and that the government’s existing measures are not enough. Liberals pointed to affordability steps they have taken, including cutting gas prices by 28 cents a litre, middle-class tax relief, $10-a-day child care, a grocery rebate and cancelling the consumer carbon tax, and questioned why members would not support the existing partial fuel tax pause. The NDP, Bloc Québécois and Greens opposed the motion, arguing that tax cuts are mostly pocketed by oil companies through higher prices, that the parliamentary budget officer and other experts say the cut mainly benefits wealthier Canadians, and that the lost revenue funds public transit and climate goals; the NDP proposed instead an excess profits tax on oil companies and price caps at the pump, and Bloc members raised unpaid carbon-tax amounts owed to Quebec. Much of the debate also took the form of exchanges over whether oil companies capture tax cuts and how best to provide cost-of-living relief.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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