Bill C-23

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… is dead set on getting those dollars from our farmers, using his Liberal-appointed Senators to gut Bill C-234, a Conservative bill that would have offered carbon tax relief for our farmers. Shamefully, the Prime Minister is willing to jeopardize the viability of farm businesses and food security in our coun…

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…tion. I do want to ask this on agriculture, because she has a lot of grain farmers in Saskatchewan. Bill C-234 is before the House. It has not been called to a vote because consecutive Conservative members have continued to get up and speak without letting it be called to a vote. There is a majority in the H…

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…ters. It has actually grown the economy while reducing emissions at the same time. As it relates to Bill C-234, he should walk across and talk to the member for Huron—Bruce about when he is going to let it be called to a vote. Our farmers in this country deserve Bill C-234 to be passed but the Conservatives …

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Mr. Speaker, Bill C-234 was an amazing, great, common-sense Conservative bill in its original form. However, since the radical, ideological, orange jumpsuit-wearing environment minister bullied senators into changing it in…

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…hat tax and how that tax is so unfair for my residents and farmers right across Canada, not getting Bill C-234 done.

Private Members’ Business

… warranted. Most importantly, this provision was removed because it runs counter to the approach of Bill C-233, an act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act regarding violence against an intimate partner, which received royal assent on April 27, 2023. Bill C-233 ensures that electronic monitoring is …

Routine Proceedings

…taxes. Our farmers cannot afford the carbon tax. It is absolutely critical that the government pass Bill C-234 in its original form. We cannot afford to lose our Canadian farm families. Passing Bill C-234 in its original form would also acknowledge the work that our farmers are already doing to safeguard our…

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…rio, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in asking for a carbon tax carve-out for the farmers and to pass Bill C-234 in its original form. We should talk about Bill C-234 because it would provide relief to Saskatchewan farmers, but let us recall it was the Liberal-controlled Senate that gutted the bill in that pla…

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…g that a lot of stakeholders talked about in our committee was the fact that they would love to see Bill C-234 passed, and that is the exemption from the carbon tax for heating barns for grain drying. This is something that our producers desperately need. Mr. Currie went on to say something about the mental …

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…es as I need to, that the Conservatives will axe the tax. However, in the meantime, we need to pass Bill C-234, unamended, and give farmers a reprieve from the carbon tax. I will give members an idea of why the carbon tax impacts the cost of food so much. If we look at the supply chain from start to finish, …