Bill C-23

Oral Questions

…o Canadian families. When will the government leave fantasy land, stop hurting our farmers and pass Bill C-234 in its original form?

Oral Questions

…arently does not, that 95% of all farm fuels are already exempt from the price on pollution. As for Bill C-234 and the very tortuous parliamentary process that party has submitted that bill to, I am glad that my counterpart, the Conservative House leader, has finally relented and allowed the bill to be debat…

Adjournment Proceedings

…behind, and the more people are using food banks. According to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, if Bill C-234 passes, the common-sense Conservative bill, it would save Canadian farmers $1 billion in carbon taxes in the coming years, with zero rebates. No one believes the Liberal and NDP math saying we could…

Oral Questions

…s, and, no, they do not get a rebate cheque. When will the NDP-Liberals get out of the way and pass Bill C-234 in its original form?

Private Members' Business

…we are essentially taxing the Canadians who buy the food. That is just basic economics. That is why Bill C-234 is back in the House and presented again. It would provide a needed carve-out for farmers from the Liberal carbon tax. This carve-out would ensure that farmers are not punished for drying grain, hea…

Government Orders

…iculture and Agri-Food, which studied a bill that had been introduced here in the House of Commons. Bill C-234 was making its way through the legislative process, but as we know, this bill has stalled. As the chair of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, could my colleague encourage his fello…

Government Orders

…p the cost of food and the cost of production for our farmers. I wonder if the member would support Bill C-234, in its original form, to help lower the carbon tax for farmers on all the things that they have to pay it on, in order to get food to the grocery stores, which would help lower the price of food fo…

Government Orders

…ost of food production in Canada. It is unanimous from every agriculture stakeholder that they want Bill C-234 to be passed in this House in its original form, unamended. This would save farmers close to $1 billion over the next few years, which would help reduce food costs. We have heard that from every com…

Government Orders

…e most recent example of how out of touch and stubborn the Prime Minister can be is his position on Bill C-234. This is a Conservative bill that aims to remove the carbon tax for farmers, thereby lowering food costs that are passed on to consumers. Instead of using an opportunity to lower food prices by pass…

Oral Questions

Mr. Speaker, a month ago I rose in this place and talked about the Conservative delay on Bill C-234, a bill they have been championing. This week, we found out they delayed it two weeks forward, again, to play politics on farmers' backs. On this side of the House, we act. On this side of the House…