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Bob Zimmer

Conservative Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies 20 statements translated

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Zimmer presses to eliminate taxes on diesel and gas, arguing high fuel costs drive northern grocery prices — six dollars for a can of beans in Inuvik — and backing his party’s emergency fuel relief plan. He fills debate time with thanks and tributes, telling colleagues, “I want to thank my colleague for such an awesome bill.” When he presses a point, it comes as a demand for a direct answer: “Will the Liberals scrap all gas taxes all year, yes or no?”Written by AI from their statements. Updated .

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Thanks and tributes.2.2 times as often as most members.What the tags mean ×2.2

Something stated as certain with nothing to back it.1.5 times as often as most members.What the tags mean ×1.5

A story that illustrates instead of making a point.1.5 times as often as most members.What the tags mean ×1.5

Loses points less than most for A promise with no date, no measure and no one responsible.Less often than most members.What the tags mean Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.Less often than most members.What the tags mean

Statements 20

Government Orders ·

Strengthening Canada's Defence Sector Act

“We do not need another bill or more bureaucracy to fix military procurement. The government can already do the right thing without passing a new law. The Liberals only make bills like this when they want to avoid doing the actual work.”

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Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, first of all, I want to thank the member for his advocacy for veterans. I do not know anybody who has been stronger as an advocate for our vets over the last number of years. This is what Liberals do with a bill like this. When they really do not want to do something, they say, “You know, we need a law in order to do the right thing”, when they could be doing the right thing as it is. When Liberals really want to do something, the Prime Minister just does it on his own. Whether he wants to be an EU associate member or have a gun grab, he just does it, but when the Liberals do not want to do something, they create a need for a bill. Is another bill really necessary for another bureaucracy for the government to do the right thing when it comes to military procurement?

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Government Orders ·

Safe Social Media Act

In response to a question from Martin Champoux

“Some tech companies, like Apple, do a good job making tools to protect people. Does the member think the companies should be responsible for keeping kids safe, instead of the government?”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, I was chair of the ethics committee when we were holding Facebook to account. We challenged the then corporations and the platforms. Apple was one example, and it is often one of the best groups to self-police and to actually develop technology to best keep Canadians and kids safe. Does the member think that instead of government, the platforms should be held more accountable for keeping kids safe?

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“I want to thank police in Canada and the United States for catching a criminal who targeted kids. The victims and their families are watching us, and they need to know we have not forgotten them. We must protect our children, but we must also protect people's privacy.”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for her concern for the victims of Tumbler Ridge, Maya, of course, and also Paige, who is another survivor. This gives me a chance to highlight one thing. I would like to say a special thanks to Kash Patel, director of the FBI; Mike Harrington, special agent in charge of the FBI in Washington state; Michael Duheme, RCMP commissioner; and Elija Rain, assistant commissioner, B.C. RCMP, for their work in apprehending James Cody Bryant. I have less of a question and more of a comment. I just want to thank the hon. member for showing her heart for Maya and for the victims’ families. They watch this kind of thing and they appreciate it. They are not forgotten. I also want to thank the hon. member for her concern about Canadians’ privacy. In the effort to protect our kids, we cannot lose that effort.

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Oral Questions ·

The Economy

“The Prime Minister says life is affordable, but Canadian families are struggling. Food bank visits are way up in the north, and almost a third of the people using them are children. I want the Prime Minister to admit that too many Canadians now rely on food banks.”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, earlier this year, the Prime Minister said that affordability is the best it has been in over a decade, but despite the Prime Minister’s promise, Canadian families are in trouble. In Yukon, food bank visits are up 24% from 2025. In the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, food bank visits are up 29% from 2025, and 32.5% of food bank visitors are children. Will the Prime Minister admit that food banks are now the sad reality for too many Canadians, or is he really that out of touch?

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Government Orders ·

Business of Supply

In response to a question from Rob Morrison

“The government only reacts to problems instead of planning ahead. Conservatives have a plan to lower fuel costs long-term for truckers, loggers, and all Canadians. I want the Liberals to vote for it today.”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, this shows we have a government that just seems to put out fires as it goes, versus our Conservative potential and future government, what our leader has said and the potential for us to govern. We have a really good plan that would change things not just for the short term, but for the future for Canadians, which would bring down costs and bring more security for loggers and transporters of food to the north, and really for everybody. We have a plan and I trust that the Liberals will support it today.

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In response to a question from Xavier Barsalou-Duval

“Cutting the fuel tax does not just help oil companies. It lowers shipping costs, which lowers grocery prices for everyday people, especially in the North.”

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    Of this reply, 92% addressed the question or point raised.

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Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, that question was a bit out of touch if he is saying that what we are suggesting is just going to put more money in oil and gas companies’ pockets. This would land directly in consumers’ pockets when they pay less at the grocery store. I would challenge that member to come with me to the Arctic any time of the year and look at food prices and the associated transportation costs. Our efforts are to bring down those transportation costs to bring down the cost of food for northerners. That is what we are about. I am not sure what he is about.

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In response to a question from Marilyn Gladu

“The Liberals have not done enough about high diesel prices. The Conservative plan is better. We would cut taxes on using and producing diesel, speed up permits, and build up a bigger fuel reserve.”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, I think that is a little bit vague. We have already seen sort of a muted response to these high diesel prices from the Liberals. Our plan is just a lot more thorough and a lot more effective: emergency prepermitting and tax relief would eliminate all taxes on diesel consumption until at least Canada Day, permanently eliminate taxes on diesel production and then even boost what we have as a reserve to one million barrels per day. Our plan would be a much more effective response to not only this diesel crisis, but similar crises in the future.

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“High diesel prices are making groceries far too expensive, especially in the north where food has to travel long distances. The Prime Minister promised to lower grocery prices, but they keep going up. I want the government to vote for our plan to cut diesel taxes and produce more fuel in Canada.”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, I am thankful for the opportunity to speak today about diesel prices. It all relates to food costs and high food costs, especially in northern Canada. I will go back to a promise made by the Prime Minister during the last election. It is funny how people expect us to just forget all those promises the Prime Minister made. That was why he was elected. It was based on those promises. The promise I am going to talk about is the one he made to northern Canadians, that he would be measured by prices at the grocery store. Why is food so expensive in the north? I think we all know. The reason is two words: transportation costs. Those already high transportation costs just went higher with higher diesel prices, as we all know. It is a reason our leader brought forward the emergency fuel relief plan. The plan would provide for emergency prepermitting and tax relief for the construction of diesel infrastructure such as refineries, pipelines, rail and storage. It would eliminate all taxes on diesel consumption until at least Canada Day. It would permanently eliminate taxes on diesel production and would call on the government to set the goal of boosting Canadian diesel production to one million barrels per day, allowing every Canadian business and consumer access to Canadian diesel. Again, the Prime Minister promised that he would be measured by prices at the grocery store. I see this every day. I was just responding to a social media post. Prices have always been high in the north. That is true. They have been high but they are even higher, when the Prime Minister promised, just 18 months ago, that he was going to bring those prices down. The promise he made to Canadians did not stop at the northern borders, as far as I am concerned and as far as northerners are concerned. What are Canadians experiencing at the grocery store because of increased fuel costs? I have an article from Bloomberg. It is from September 29 of this year. It reads, “Diesel prices surge to historic highs, hitting consumers harder than ever.... Experts say elevated fuel costs mean higher price tags on items ranging from food and clothing to construction materials for months to come, with diesel demand poised to go up further as winter approaches.” The article continues, “The price of a round-trip haul by a semi truck between Montreal and Toronto would have cost roughly $850 on Jan. 1. Now the total would amount to $1,400, said Mike Millian, president of the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada.... ‘It’s really dramatic. It’s tough to absorb.’” Imagine that trip, which is only around 1,000 kilometres. Edmonton is the base from which most of the food in the north comes; it heads north from that point. Imagine the cost increase for food when the round trip is from Edmonton to Tuktoyaktuk, and that trip is 7,000 kilometres. We can only imagine what the math is, seven times as much as that trip from Montreal to Toronto. I will go back to the article. It reads, “Diesel powers industries ranging from agriculture to mining and manufacturing, and the bigger expenses they face are likely to show up as higher sticker prices on consumer items.” It continues, “‘It hurts everybody. There’s not anybody this doesn’t affect,’ said Millian.” I will go on: “The shippers and retailers who face those transport surcharges often find they have little choice but to raise prices for shoppers. ‘If you’re an independent grocer and you’re on an overall margin of 2% and you’re getting fuel surcharges from your suppliers, you’re in a tough spot,’ said Gary Sands, a senior vice-president at the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers, which represents about 6,900 stores. ‘It becomes very difficult to not pass on those fuel surcharges.’” That is the reality we are facing. That is why, again, our leader came forward with the emergency plan that we are putting forward, which would reduce the cost of diesel to at least attempt to bring those costs down or keep those costs lower than what they are right now. I have another article. This one is from CBC: “The price of diesel is skyrocketing. Here’s why Canadians may soon feel it at the grocery store”. This is the other thing that we have not really talked about. We have talked about the increase in prices, but why? There is not enough supply. “The problem is that diesel is in extraordinarily short supply, experts say”. The article continues, “‘This is going to be somewhat of a secret killer of the North American economy, if this is not addressed in the next few months,’ Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis firm Gas Buddy, told CBC News.” “Diesel prices historically rise even more in the winter, according to energy analyst Dan McTeague, meaning ‘we could be looking at a very, very expensive winter ahead, not just for truck, for transport industry, airlines, trains and whatnot, but also for consumers.’” “It’s a concern for Canadians as any time the price of diesel goes up, it impacts every part of the food supply chain: shipping, storing and producing, according to Evan Fraser at the University of Guelph’s Arrell Food Institute.” Some would say this whole situation in Iran is out of the Prime Minister ‘s control, but he has things he can do in Canada right now to limit those impacts to consumers and to transporters that transport our food to these remote areas that eventually impact consumers. He can effect that change. Even though he cannot affect what is going on in Iran, per se, he can still help lower those diesel prices in Canada today by having the simple ability to vote for our plan to lower taxes on diesel and to increase the supply of diesel in Canada. Again, I would just call on the Prime Minister to do the right thing. I did not get the chance to ask Liberals across the way if they are going to support our plan and our emergency fuel relief plan, but they have a choice: They can support it and dramatically lower the impacts of those higher diesel prices on food costs in Canada. I read about the prices and the food costs in northern Canada. I have made the trip there for several years now and watched those food prices sort of grow over the last three years. The Prime Minister promised those northerners when he looked at the camera and said they would be measured by prices at the grocery store and also by energy prices of home heating. That is how he was going to be measured. He made that promise that it would be okay if he was elected as the Prime Minister. Right now we are not seeing that. We are not seeing lower prices. We are not seeing lower prices even in my hometown of Fort St. John. Just a dozen eggs is about eight dollars and a loaf of bread is about seven dollars, depending on the type of bread a person buys. Milk is getting a lot more expensive. An example I talked about yesterday was that a jug of milk in Inuvik this summer was $18. Imagine a family living in Inuvik and having to buy a jug of milk for their family. With two kids at home a family would go through about two jugs of milk a week. That is about what we used to go through. Even the cost of milk is exorbitant, all because of those higher transportation costs. I started by asking why food is so expensive in the north. I have a two-word answer: transportation costs. The Prime Minister, though, has a choice today. He can vote for our motion to lower diesel prices. In effect, lower heating costs, transportation costs and food costs all the way down the line would benefit Canadian consumers. He can vote for our motion or he can vote against it and cause northern food prices to go even higher. It is his choice.

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Statements by Members ·

Food Affordability

“Food in the north costs too much. Milk costs 18 dollars in Inuvik, and a pack of water costs 97 dollars in Tuktoyaktuk. High diesel prices are making food more expensive. I want the Prime Minister to support our plan to remove all taxes on diesel to lower food prices.”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister promised just last year, “Canadians will hold us to account by their experience at the grocery store”. Now, food is even more expensive since the Prime Minister took office because of diesel prices. Conservative shadow ministers and I were in the Canadian Arctic this summer. In Inuvik, it costs six dollars for a can of beans, seven dollars for a can of vegetable soup, $12 for a pound of butter, $13 for a pound of ground beef and $18 for a jug of milk. In Tuktoyaktuk, it costs $7.49 per kilogram for bananas, $8.69 for a loaf of bread, $12 for a litre of ketchup, $20 for a jug of chocolate milk and $97 for 24 bottles of water. Food is not affordable in the north. Prime Minister, your promise was to all Canadians, including northerners. Will the Prime Minister support our Conservative plan to eliminate all taxes on diesel so that food is more affordable for northern Canadians?

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PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS ·

Criminal Code

“People have burned over 100 churches in Canada in the last 10 years. Christians are facing more attacks, so everyone should support this bill. I want to know if the Liberals will vote for it.”

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Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for such an awesome bill. As we all see, the rise of persecution against the Christian church across Canada has been profound. We have seen more than 100 churches burned in the last 10 years in Canada alone. It is a modern-day form of religious persecution, and it is very troubling. I want to ask the member a question that she alluded to earlier. We are seeing responses from the Liberals across the way. This seems like an obvious bill that everyone can support in this place. Are the Liberals going to support her bill?

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Oral Questions ·

Firearms

“Almost 18% of the guns the government is taking away are small rifles used for hunting small animals or target shooting. Why is the government spending hundreds of millions of dollars on these guns instead of on police to stop violent criminals?”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, as we can hear from my Quebec colleagues, obviously that was not a good answer to the member’s question. Liberal government documents confirm that nearly 18% of the firearms being confiscated by the Liberal gun grab are .22-calibre rifles, often used to hunt gophers or to shoot pop cans. Why are Liberals wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on .22s, or “plinkers”, instead of millions of dollars on police officers to lock up violent criminals?

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Government Orders ·

Government Orders

In response to a question from Marc Dalton

“I want to know how this hate speech bill could affect Christian pastors and preachers across Canada.”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his great work across this country on Bill C-9. Maybe there are some well-intentioned Liberals across the way, but we made these same arguments around medical assistance in dying. We said that there was going to be pressure on seniors to end their life and that MAID was going to be pushed on people who are affected by mental health issues, and that is exactly what has been happening. If Bill C-9 really becomes the law of the land, where does the member see this going? How could it actually affect pastors and preachers at Christian churches across Canada?

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Government Orders ·

Strong and Free Elections Act

“Foreign money and foreign groups have interfered in our elections since at least 2015 to defeat Conservatives. I want the member to talk about this problem.”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, I know third party advertising and the involvement of foreign governments in our elections is a big problem. It reared its head back in 2015. I am sure the member remembers back in the day. This is a headline from 2017: “Controversial Leadnow active in B.C. politics, Vancouver city affairs”. We originally sort of brought the evidence forward that this was occurring. The article refers to “claims filed last week with Elections Canada—and reported this week by the Calgary Herald—that foreign money ‘spawned’ Leadnow and helped fund an elaborate campaign to oust the ruling Conservative Party.” I would ask the member to speak to this issue. It is a big deal, and we even see our colleague across the way from Toronto affected by shenanigans in elections. Maybe the member can just speak to what happened back in 2015.

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Oral Questions ·

Indigenous Affairs

“More people in Nunavut need food support now than a few years ago. Most people there do not have enough food. I want to know why the Prime Minister thinks things are going well after 11 years in power.”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, that was another non-answer. Joseph Murdoch-Flowers, executive director of the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre in Iqaluit, said this week that the centre has seen its daily meal count go from around 58,000 in 2022 to almost 91,000 last year. It has served 37,000 meals so far this year in a town of 7,500 people. The Liberals have been in power for 11 years, yet 58% of people in Nunavut live in food-insecure households. After 11 years, does the Prime Minister really think Nunavut has never had it so good?

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Government Orders ·

Business of Supply

“The question was about the Northwest Territories, not this topic.”
Official Hansard

Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The question was about the Northwest Territories—

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“The Northwest Territories economy is struggling under the Liberals, with recessions in six different years. I want the member to answer: Is the Northwest Territories in a recession, yes or no?”
Official Hansard

Madam Speaker, I just want to bring up to the member across the way that his government has been in power for the last 11 years, and the Northwest Territories should be one of the powerful cylinders in our economic engine, but it is seriously misfiring. The Northwest Territories was in a recession in six of the years since the Liberals formed government: 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024 and 2025, after job-killing Liberal policies were enacted by the previous prime minister and the current Prime Minister. The current Prime Minister does not seem to be wanting to fix it either. He just turned 30% of the Northwest Territories into a park. My question for the member is this: Is the Northwest Territories in recession, yes or no?

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Private Members' Business ·

Criminal Code

“I want the House to pass this bill. It protects doctors, nurses, and first responders from violence while they do their jobs.”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate this opportunity to speak on this bill that my colleague brought to the House a while ago. My colleague from Cariboo—Prince George has been stalwart in support of first responders in the Prince George community in northeastern B.C. I know the member meets with firefighters from Prince George, as I do. We hear their stories, the first-hand accounts of firefighters who signed up to fight fires but are now dealing with overdoses. That is the vast majority of what they are doing. Sadly, some of the stuff that comes along with that response to the drug side of our community is violence against them. It is really sad. It is a shame that these people who sign up to protect us and keep us safe are having to deal with violence. Maybe I will start off by saying that most Canadians expect this House to protect our first responders. For me, there are really a couple of aspects to this that I think about. It is one thing for our first responders to be assaulted while they are trying to help us. First of all, they sign up for their entire lives. They put years into university and all that training basically to serve their fellow men by providing health care. My daughter wants to be a doctor. She is studying to do that as we speak. My to-be daughter-in-law, my son’s fiancée, is studying to be a nurse in the Philippines as we speak. I know this comes out of a servant heart. They really want to help their fellow Canadians, their fellow persons. The sad part is that when they do that, when they get into serving and taking care of us, that is when violence is committed against them. The expectation of most Canadians, as I was saying before, is that it is one thing for them to be assaulted, but it is another thing for us to not do anything about it. We are in opposition, and the government is across the way. Canadians are looking at us and saying the Liberal government, the former prime minister Justin Trudeau and the current Prime Minister, are responsible for protecting these first responders. They had the opportunity in the last Parliament to do it, and for some reason, they sort of shoved it to the corner of the desk. I saw my colleague from Cariboo—Prince George working tirelessly, putting hours and hours into this, and our first responders sitting in the gallery waiting for this to be passed, all to just be ignored. Again, what Canadians are expecting of us, and what first responders are watching for, is what they have been asking for, what this member has been working on. They have been coming to him and saying they need help, that they need help to really deal with the gap in legislation where this violence is being allowed to continue. What is worse is that these people have sacrificed everything to serve us, and the government is looking the other way. That is just not cool on our watch. I am just going to read the preamble to the bill. People hear about different bills, and they hear the titles. This is what the preamble to Bill S-233 says: Whereas there are an increasing number of incidents involving violence against persons who provide health services and first responders; Whereas assaults on persons who provide health services and first responders have both a physical and a psychological impact; And whereas persons who provide health services and first responders, who care for and protect others, deserve to feel protected and valued by the justice system; I think the most important line in the whole bill is that last line. They deserve to feel protected and valued by the justice system. That tells me that right now it is maybe a question sometimes. They are being assaulted. They are doing their duty as a doctor, nurse, ambulance worker, police officer or firefighter, and they are being assaulted in different ways. It is mentioned in the preamble too. It is not just the physical aspect of it but the psychological aspect of that kind of assault too. Again, when that assault goes on unabated, they probably start to question whether or not they are valued by this government. Again, I applaud my colleague from Cariboo—Prince George for doing this. As the member of Parliament for Tumbler Ridge, I cannot say enough about the first responders and the police officers who responded. Many of the stories of how they really stepped up and helped have not even come out yet. There is the police officer who was first on scene who lifted an injured girl off the floor and brought her to the hospital to give her care. She is alive today because that first responder acted. The story is known by most people in Tumbler Ridge, but Maya is alive today because a first responder listened to a bit of advice from her classmate Addison, who I chatted with just last week. There was, of course, all the tragedy that had happened in the school. The police came, and Addison pointed out that Maya’s finger had moved. He said, “Her finger just moved.” Part of the reason Maya is still alive today is that the police officer responded, picked her up and took her to be cared for. To me, that is an amazing story, but it is a first responder’s story. Here was somebody who had just signed up to be an RCMP officer in a very beautiful town, the normally peaceful town of Tumbler Ridge, and in the moment that we needed him, he stepped up. Maya is alive today because of it. I will expand on that story a bit. Many people have been watching Maya’s story, how she keeps improving, on social media. She has a long way to go, but I will take the time today to send our appreciation to the nurses and doctors in British Columbia who have taken Maya under their wing and are providing her with first world service. It is just incredible. Maya is still in B.C. There have been a lot of stories saying that she was going to go elsewhere, but she is in British Columbia now. She is still recovering, more on the long-term side. I cannot say enough about the immediate service that she got from the police officers and from the nurses and doctors, both in Tumbler Ridge and then at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver. It goes without saying that these services are here. Sometimes, that is what it is, is it not? We just expect the services to be there, and we do not always appreciate the men and women who work in those services enough. This bill is meant to recognize that service. It would be a good shot in the arm to say to responders that, even though someone may not be assaulted physically or psychologically, we would recognize what they do for us in our communities. Maybe it would be the morale boost they need. Members can imagine the issues we are seeing with some first responders. Even going back to Tumbler Ridge, the long-term effects of responding to that kind of a tragedy are profound. I have another story. Even a person involved in the funeral aspects is dealing with the trauma of the situations. I remember talking to Kaylee, one of the morticians up there. I said, “Well, I guess you are used to this.” She said, “Nobody is used to this.” It is just a tough situation all along, even for the folks who deal with this on a regular basis. I wanted to have the chance to speak today, first of all, to support my colleague and what he is trying to do. I also want to say to our men and women, whether they are a firefighter, those who work in an ambulance every day, a doctor, a nurse or an RCMP officer, and I am sure I am forgetting somebody, that whoever they are, we appreciate them and we care about them. That is what Bill S-233 is about. It is to make them feel protected and valued by the justice system, just like we do on this side of the House. My hope is that the government will decide to proceed and that we will get this bill passed as soon as we can. I thank all those who listened today and, again, I give special appreciation to my colleague from Cariboo—Prince George. It is a great bill.

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Government Orders ·

Business of Supply

“A bank denied a loan for a 100-million-dollar project because of a court ruling on Indigenous land rights. The government says this is not a big deal, but it is. I want the member from Vancouver Island to tell us what people in his community are actually worried about.”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, a headline from Business in Vancouver reads, “Councillor says $100M project denied loan over Cowichan case, bank says not a factor”. The article goes on to say, “A Richmond, B.C., councillor says a company based in the city has been refused financing for what she says is a $100 million project because of uncertainty over their site due to the Cowichan Tribes aboriginal title ruling.” We are hearing conflicting things. We hear the government say it is no big deal here and other people are saying it is no big deal there, but that is what is happening and that is the reality on the ground. Despite the empty words from the Prime Minister and the minister, to the member from Vancouver Island, what are the genuine fears you are hearing about from members in your own community on the ground?

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Oral Questions ·

Taxation

“Gas costs much more now than it did in 2014, even though oil costs the same. I want the Prime Minister to end all gas taxes for the whole year so people can afford to live.”

  • A repeated line

    “The price at the pump was $1.38 per litre.”

    Said 3 times by 2 members since May 4.

    Every time it was said
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, those empty words will not fill empty stomachs. The Liberals tell us that gas prices are up because world oil prices are at $100 a barrel. Do members know when oil was also at $100 a barrel? It was in 2014, under our Conservative government. The price at the pump then was $1.38 per litre, not $1.99 for gas or $2.29 for diesel, as it is today in Fort St. John. Will the Liberal Prime Minister stop the illusion and scrap all gas taxes all year so Canadians can afford to live again?

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“High fuel taxes, including the carbon tax, make food cost more. Will the government drop all gas taxes for the whole year?”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, despite his promises, the Liberal Prime Minister is all about more costs, more carbon taxes and more of the same. He said last May, “Canadians will hold us to account by their experience at the grocery store”. Everyone knows that when fuel prices go up, food costs go up. Mike Beaulieu of The North West Company said that a jug of milk now costs two to five dollars more because of higher fuel prices. Why is fuel so expensive? It is because of high Liberal taxes, including the newly renamed carbon tax. Will the Liberals scrap all gas taxes all year, yes or no?

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