Debates of March 19th, 2024
House of Commons Hansard #291 of the 44th Parliament, 1st Session
Opposition Motion—Carbon Tax
Business of SupplyGovernment Orders
March 19th, 2024 / 4:45 p.m.
Jenny Kwan Vancouver East, BC
NDP
Mr. Speaker, the member mentioned the fact that the polluters should pay. The NDP, of course, agrees. The PBO report stated that Canada could generate $4 billion in revenues from a windfall profits tax. When the NDP called for big oil to pay what it owes to help families, the Liberals sided with the Conservatives, voted it down and would not support it.
Why are the Liberals more interested in protecting corporate profits than helping working people?
Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Beaches—East York, ON
Liberal
Mr. Speaker, in my last two budget submissions, I spoke to excess profit taxes. We have seen them on banks and insurance companies. We have seen them from U.K. Conservatives on oil and gas. It is absolutely a conversation we should have in the House. U.K. Conservatives were, I think at one point, models for Conservatives here until they lost their way, but if U.K. Conservatives have put this in place, then there is no reason we cannot have that debate and put it in place here as well.
