“Inflation makes everything cost too much. The government should stop taxing used cars over and over. Conservatives have a bill to fix that. Will the other guys help us pass it?”
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A bill to remove the GST from used car sales. During discussion, the Conservatives advocated for the bill as inflation relief while the Liberals pointed to other measures they've taken instead, like removing GST for some first-time homebuyers and pausing the federal excise tax on gasoline over the summer. The debate devolved into partisan finger-pointing over which party has the better record on affordability.
“We've already done so much to make life more affordable. I could list things all day. Your used car idea doesn't matter. We'll just keep spending money and never admit our inflation caused any problems.”
“You're making life too expensive. You tax used cars too much. Many people need a car to live. My party would tax used cars less. Stop making money off inflation and tax used cars less like we would.”
“I've run a business. You're just complaining and blaming people instead of fixing things. Our Prime Minister is finding solutions and building trade relationships. We're making Canada strong while you just talk.”
“I want people to vote for me because I will help them buy used cars.”
“Maybe if I talk about other things no one will notice I didn't answer the question about used cars.”
“That makes Canadians sad. GST on used cars is a big tax. They won't answer my question about GST. I want government to stop applying GST to used cars. That would save people thousands of dollars. Conservatives think GST should be removed from used cars. GST is applied too many times on used cars. Liberals don't answer my question. I think they avoid my question.”
“You want to remove GST from used cars. That's a real proposal to help Canadians. But Conservatives didn't help when we made many expensive programs before. Why do you vote against our big spending? Now you finally talk about helping Canadians afford things. That's good. Talk more about affordability. But you should vote for our big spending programs too.”