Business of Supply
The House debated an opposition supply-day motion on the cost of living, which asked members to recognize that government policies are contributing to affordability problems. Conservatives said that after eleven years of Liberal government, taxes and regulations such as the industrial carbon price, clean fuel rules and the plastics packaging rules have raised costs for energy, shipping and food, hitting seniors, rural residents, low-income people and people with disabilities hardest, and they called on the government to admit this and support the motion. Liberals responded that affordability is a global problem linked to international instability, and pointed to their own measures including lower income taxes, dental care, the grocery benefit, a fuel tax holiday, homebuyer tax cuts and billions for affordable housing, saying the Conservatives have opposed these steps and that the motion offers no solutions. Bloc Québécois members asked whether climate-related disaster costs should be counted in addressing affordability, and raised the government’s handling of the natural health products sector. Some members also discussed seniors’ supports, disability benefits, and housing programs such as Build Canada Homes.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .
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