Renewed calls from Conservatives for carbon tax to be ‘axed’ | Canadian politics

Had his recent retreat in Charlottetown this the Prime Minister said that life is really tough for politicians and today he’s off for another trip to New York for three days to give a couple of speeches and burn a whole lot of fuel at the same time as he

Raises carbon taxes on Canadians for the crime of driving to work and feeding their families yesterday inflation was up and way up it is accelerating it is higher than in the states and in Japan which could drive up interest rates will he balance the budget and ax the tax to

Bring inflation and interest rates down The Honorable minister of energy thank you thank you Mr Speaker order order there we go I realize it’s Wednesday and everybody’s excited and the emotions are running high but we have to get through question period let’s see if we can just calm

Down and hear the questions and the answers The Honorable minister we’ve been very clear that affordability is of course the top priority for this government it is very clear that it is a huge concern on the lines of many many many Canadians it is certainly it has

Caused us to look at programs such as removing the GST from the construction of new rental units provide money for Home Efficiency the grocery rebate and a range of other things but I would say Mr Speaker that it’s also important that while we are addressing affordability we

Do so in a manner that actually will allow us to also address the climate crisis it is an existential threat to the future of our children shame on them for having no climate plan on this side of the house we can walk and chew gum at the same time we can do both

The Honorable leader of the opposition well they’re prepared to thunderously applaud anyone other than their own leader who stands up in the House of Commons no wonder the Prime Minister says it’s a really hard time to be a politician and you know right now speaking of hard times he’s off in New

York for another three days of burning a lot of jet fuel while he applies a carbon tax that he wants to quadruple the 61 cents a liter on Farmers single parents on struggling working class families who have to choose between eating and hitting heating will the Prime Minister Park the plane and the

High carbon hypocrisy and acts the tax The Honorable president of the treasury board conservatives our government actually has a plan to support Canadians during this time we have for example the grocery rebate helping 11 million Canadians Mr Speaker 4.2 million Canadians with the workers benefit over 6 million Canadians with indexing old

Age security Mr Speaker what is their plan that’s right they don’t have one The Honorable leader of the opposition our plan is to ax the tax and use technology not taxes that’s really incredible that this high-flying high carbon hypocrite is jetting around the world at the expense

Of Canadian taxpayers at the same time as he raises fuel taxes on everyday Canadians the NDP supports him a hundred percent in the 61 Cent a liter carbon tax that they want to impose that and the inflationary deficits have driven inflation back up will this government finally end the inflationary taxes and

Deficits so that we can bring down rates before Canadians go bankrupt

In question period, the Conservatives call for an end to the carbon tax, while the Liberals outline new affordability policies.

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