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{
"time": "2022-10-03 16:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Dave Epp (Chatham-Kent\u2014Leamington, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Dave Epp (Chatham-Kent\u2014Leamington, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7332269\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, Mr. Chair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7332270\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'd like to thank the witnesses for their testimony today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7332271\" data-originallang=\"en\">I want to begin with the statement from Mr. Boisseau-Bouvier that what's contemplated under Bill <a data-HoCid=\"11538831\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-234/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act\">C-234</a> would become a de facto subsidy for the oil and gas sector. I must admit that I fail to see how the addition of a tax, and then the potential removal of that tax, becomes a subsidy. That's logic beyond my head. I just want that on the record. From what we're hearing from farmers, grain farmers in particular, they're getting cents back on the dollar that they're spending on this carbon tax on grain drying and barn heating. I wanted to start by putting that on the record.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7332272\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'd like to direct my first question to you, Mr. Wright, please. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7332273\" data-originallang=\"en\">With the greenhouse pollution pricing act of 2018, the government did grant the on-farm fuel exemption. With respect to barn heating and grain-drying fuels, do you think that was an intentional policy decision or an oversight?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7332269\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je vous remercie, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7332270\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je voudrais remercier les t\u00e9moins de compara\u00eetre aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7332271\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je veux commencer avec la d\u00e9claration de M. Boisseau\u2011Bouvier, qui a affirm\u00e9 que les mesures que pr\u00e9voit le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"11538831\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-234/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act\">C\u2011234</a> reviendraient, dans les faits, \u00e0 une subvention du secteur p\u00e9trolier et gazier. Je dois admettre que je ne vois pas comment l'ajout d'une taxe, puis son \u00e9limination potentielle pourraient devenir une subvention. C'est une logique qui me d\u00e9passe, je tiens \u00e0 le dire. D'apr\u00e8s ce que nous entendons des agriculteurs, des producteurs de grains notamment, ils r\u00e9cup\u00e8rent des cents pour chaque dollar d\u00e9pens\u00e9 en taxe sur le carbone pour le s\u00e9chage du grain et le chauffage des granges. Je voulais commencer en le soulignant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7332272\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je voudrais vous poser ma premi\u00e8re question, monsieur Wright, si vous le voulez bien.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7332273\" data-originallang=\"en\">Dans la Loi sur la tarification de la pollution caus\u00e9e par les gaz \u00e0 effet de serre de 2018, le gouvernement a accord\u00e9 une exemption sur les combustibles agricoles. En ce qui concerne le combustible servant au chauffage des granges et au s\u00e9chage du grain, pensez-vous qu'il a pris une d\u00e9cision strat\u00e9gique intentionnelle ou fait une omission?</p>"
},
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