Western Standard - February 16, 2023


This government is taxing Canadians into poverty

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Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

165.88

Word count

376

Sentence count

33


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Learn English with Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the House of Commons on carbon taxes and the oil and gas sector, and the need for clean, renewable energy in Canada, in order to combat climate change.

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00:00:00.000 After eight years of this Prime Minister, Canadians have never struggled more with
00:00:05.000 paying for groceries, paying for rent and paying to put gas in their cars.
00:00:10.000 Everything is more expensive and this government still plans to increase their ideological carbon tax.
00:00:17.000 This tax has done nothing to reduce emissions and has made everything more expensive.
00:00:22.000 When will the Liberals abandon their cruel carbon tax and let Conservatives fix what they broke?
00:00:29.000 Mr. Speaker, for most of us in this House and most Canadians, there is the reality of climate change.
00:00:34.000 And where facts do matter, I know it not for everyone.
00:00:37.000 The facts are, Mr. Speaker, greenhouse gas emissions are down 9% below 2005 level. That's a fact.
00:00:45.000 Methane emissions in the oil and gas sector are down almost 40% two years before schedule.
00:00:52.000 That's another fact, Mr. Speaker.
00:00:54.000 EV sales in Canada have doubled in the last few years. That's another fact, Mr. Speaker.
00:00:59.000 And I would like that they won't take it from meat, they won't take it from environmentalists.
00:01:03.000 Maybe they'll take it from the oil sands pathway.
00:01:05.000 Mr. Speaker, taxing Canadians to death is not going to fix the climate.
00:01:09.000 That's right.
00:01:10.000 Statistics Canada is reporting that a quarter of Canadians would not be able to afford a sudden expense of $500.
00:01:17.000 Yet this government still plans to triple the carbon tax on April 1st.
00:01:24.000 If this government would only cancel their plans to increase the carbon tax this year, Canadians would be able to afford to pay their bills once again.
00:01:32.000 When will this Prime Minister take responsibility for overtaxing Canadians into poverty and let Conservatives fix what they broke?
00:01:42.000 Mr. Speaker, who said about our climate change plan, emission reduction plan provides the cement industry with predictability.
00:01:48.000 The Electrical Association of Canada welcomed the Strategic Renewables and Electrification Pathways program.
00:01:54.000 The oil sands pathways, the five largest oil sands producers in the country, Mr. Speaker, said with positive industry and government collaboration,
00:02:02.000 Canada has an incredible opportunity to help provide global energy security while being a leader in producing clean energy.
00:02:09.000 That is what we're doing on this side of the house, Mr. Speaker.
00:02:11.000 We're fighting climate change and we're creating jobs and the economy of the 25th.