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Business of Supply

The House debated a Conservative supply motion calling on the government to remove all federal taxes on gasoline and diesel, including the GST, for the rest of the year and to permanently end the clean fuel standard, arguing that fuel and grocery costs are too high and that the government’s temporary fuel tax cut is not enough. Conservative members said high fuel taxes raise the price of everything, cited constituents struggling with costs, and said rural drivers would benefit most from relief. Liberal members replied that the government is already helping with affordability, citing the temporary fuel tax cut, the grocery benefit, income tax reductions, housing measures and the school food program, and said the Conservatives have voted against such measures. Bloc Québécois members said they would oppose the motion, arguing that cutting fuel taxes mainly benefits wealthy people and oil companies, would add billions to the deficit, and questioning the Conservatives’ deficit stance; a Bloc member also raised Quebec’s loss related to carbon tax rebate payments.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Carlos Leitão

Liberal
“I want to ask my colleague if he thinks the Conservatives would cut pensions and income support for seniors. Those programs cost about $85 billion.”
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Mr. Speaker, talking about seniors, that is exactly what I would like to ask my colleague about, because we do have in Canada the program of old age security and the guaranteed income supplement. Together we are talking about something like $85 billion. Does my colleague think that the new, right Conservatives would probably put an axe to those programs?

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Kevin Lamoureux

Liberal
“The Conservatives raised the retirement age and did nothing to help public pensions. The Liberals lowered the retirement age back down and increased pension payments for seniors.”
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Mr. Speaker, I was here when the current leader of the Conservative Party worked with Stephen Harper. They raised OAS eligibility from age 65 to 67, and they did absolutely nothing on the CPP file for over a decade. It took Liberal administrations to not only reverse the 65 to 67 but also get an increase to CPP. We have also had ongoing support in terms of increases to the GIS and the OAS for our seniors.

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Gabriel Ste-Marie

Bloc Québécois

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“The Conservatives are not a far-right party. We should not call them that here. The Liberals have adopted many of the Conservatives' economic ideas, like cutting taxes and supporting oil. If the Conservatives are far right, then the Liberals are too.”
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. parliamentary secretary kept repeating throughout his speech that the Conservatives are members of a far right party. I think we need to be very careful and cautious with our words. By repeating this over and over again, we end up diminishing the weight of those words. Even though I do not share the values of Conservative members, I believe that the Conservative Party is clearly not a far right party, and one should never say that in the House. I believe there is a world of difference between the policies it advocates and what is being done in the United States under the current presidency, for example. Furthermore, when we look at economic policies, we see that the Liberal government has essentially adopted all the Conservatives’ ideas: tax cuts, unconditional support for oil development, and even the reduction in gas taxes being advocated today. The Liberals did this a month and a half ago. Is the parliamentary secretary saying, then, that the Liberals themselves are members of a far right party?

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Kevin Lamoureux

Liberal
“Our government works hard for all Canadians. We are growing the economy, protecting the environment, and building better relations with Indigenous people at the same time.”

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Mr. Speaker, I would suggest that under this Prime Minister, we have seen a government that has recognized the value of building a strong Canada for all Canadians, to make it stronger and healthier. That is what those policies, as they have unfolded, have directed. We understand the importance of the economy, the environment and indigenous people, bringing them all together, knowing full well that we can work in collaboration and have a good environment, a good economy and better relations with indigenous people as we grow through things such as the major projects and export opportunities. It is an aggressive agenda that this Prime Minister and every Liberal member of Parliament has, to be there for Canadians.

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