Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2022-05-03 12:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Emmanuella Lambropoulos (Saint-Laurent, Lib.)",
        "fr": "Mme Emmanuella Lambropoulos (Saint-Laurent, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7113345\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for <a data-HoCid=\"278397\" href=\"/politicians/kody-blois/\" title=\"Kody Blois\">Kings\u2014Hants</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113346\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is a pleasure to rise to speak to Bill <a data-HoCid=\"11496808\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-8/\" title=\"An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures\">C-8</a> today. The government knows that elevated inflation and rising gas prices are leading Canadians to worry about the cost of living as the pandemic continues to affect our everyday lives. Let me remind hon. members in the House that this is a global phenomenon driven by the unprecedented challenge of reopening the world's economy. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113347\" data-originallang=\"en\">For two years, Canadians have been grappling with COVID-19. Two years ago, this pandemic triggered the steepest economic contraction in Canada since the Great Depression. At its worst, it cost three million Canadians their jobs as our GDP shrank by 17%. Today, even in spite of ongoing challenges presented by the pandemic, we are on a strong footing. Canadians have put saving lives first. That has meant one of the lowest mortality rates in the G7. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113348\" data-originallang=\"en\">As of March 13, 85% of Canadians five and older were fully vaccinated, and the Canadian economy has seen the benefits of prioritizing our health. The Canadian labour market rebounded strongly from omicron in February. We have already more than recovered the jobs lost: It was a healing that took eight months longer after the much milder 2008 recession. In fact, we have recovered 115% of the jobs lost during the pandemic compared with just 93% in the United States, and we have recovered faster than in any other recession.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113349\" data-originallang=\"en\">The unemployment rate fell to 5.7%: the lowest since we started collecting data in this way. Canada continued to see a strong economic recovery in the fourth quarter, with economic activity increasing 6.7%. Encouragingly, growth was broad-based, supported by solid underlying fundamentals and an ongoing rebound in sectors hit hardest by the pandemic. However, this growth could not have happened or been achieved without government support. Our government delivered significant fiscal policy in order to support Canadians during the pandemic, and this has contributed to a rapid and resilient recovery so far. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113350\" data-originallang=\"en\">Last December, we introduced Bill <a data-HoCid=\"11496808\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-8/\" title=\"An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures\">C-8</a>, which seeks to address housing affordability through the implementation of a national annual 1% tax on the value of non-resident, non-Canadian-owned residential real estate in Canada that is considered to be vacant or underused. It is something our government announced as part of budget 2021 to crack down on underused housing. The bill would introduce a new act, the underused housing tax act, to ensure that non-resident, non-Canadian owners, particularly those who use Canada as a place to passively store their wealth in housing, pay their fair share of Canadian tax beginning in the 2022 calendar year.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113351\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are also working to address the issue of supply chain disruptions from around the world, and shipping bottlenecks that have made it harder for Canadians and businesses to get products and supplies they need and that, in many cases, are contributing to rising prices. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113352\" data-originallang=\"en\">Let us review the facts. Bill <a data-HoCid=\"11496808\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-8/\" title=\"An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures\">C-8</a> was tabled in the wake of the omicron variant. The bill contains critical support for Canadians, including a tax credit for businesses that improve their ventilation in the wake of COVID, an expansion of the school supplies tax credit for teachers who bought additional supplies as a result of virtual school, a return of the price on pollution for farmers in backstop jurisdictions, $1.72 billion for rapid tests and $300 million to support proof of vaccination systems developed by provinces and territories. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113353\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bill <a data-HoCid=\"11496808\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-8/\" title=\"An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures\">C-8</a> also proposes to establish a statutory authority for the Minister of Health to make payments in a total amount of up to $300 million to provinces and territories for costs associated with implementing COVID-19 proof of vaccination credential programs in their jurisdictions. Another important tool in our tool box to navigate through this pandemic is the use of rapid tests. With studies suggesting that people without symptoms may cause up to 50% of COVID-19 transmission, it is obvious that rapid tests can significantly help reduce the risk of outbreaks.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113354\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Conservatives have seen fit to filibuster this bill for months on end, using procedural tricks to stop this support from getting to Canadians who, quite rightly, expect and deserve better. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113355\" data-originallang=\"en\">With their report stage amendments, the Conservatives tried to delete from the bill an expansion for the school supplies tax credit for teachers who bought additional supplies as a result of virtual school, a return of the price of pollution for farmers in backstop jurisdictions, a tax credit for businesses to improve their ventilation in the wake of COVID, the expanded northern residents economic deduction, $100 million for provinces and territories to support ventilation projects in schools and $300 million to fund provinces and territories in order to support existing proof of vaccination initiatives.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113356\" data-originallang=\"en\">Over the past two years, our government has put in place comprehensive, broad-based support programs that have since evolved to more targeted measures. We did this because it was the right thing to do at the time. As we look to the years ahead, our government is determined to continue to do what is necessary to support and sustain the recovery, to provide help where it is needed, to create jobs and set the stage for strong growth in the years to come.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7113345\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je partagerai mon temps de parole avec le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"278397\" href=\"/politicians/kody-blois/\" title=\"Kody Blois\">Kings-Hants</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113346\" data-originallang=\"en\">C\u2019est avec plaisir que je prends aujourd\u2019hui la parole au sujet du projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"11496808\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-8/\" title=\"An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures\">C\u2011 8</a>. Le gouvernement sait que les Canadiens s'inqui\u00e8tent de l'effet d'une inflation \u00e9lev\u00e9e et d'un prix de l\u2019essence \u00e0 la hausse sur le co\u00fbt de la vie, alors que la pand\u00e9mie continue de perturber notre vie quotidienne. Je rappelle aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s qu\u2019il s\u2019agit d\u2019un ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne mondial d\u00e9coulant du d\u00e9fi sans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent que constitue la relance de l\u2019\u00e9conomie mondiale.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113347\" data-originallang=\"en\">Depuis deux ans, les Canadiens sont aux prises avec la COVID-19. Il y a deux ans, cette pand\u00e9mie a provoqu\u00e9 la plus forte contraction \u00e9conomique qu\u2019ait connue le Canada depuis la crise de 1929. Au creux de la vague, elle a co\u00fbt\u00e9 leur emploi \u00e0 trois millions de Canadiens, tandis que notre PIB plongeait de 17 %. Aujourd\u2019hui, malgr\u00e9 les probl\u00e8mes que continue de poser la pand\u00e9mie, nous sommes sur des bases solides. Les Canadiens ont choisi de sauver des vies en priorit\u00e9. Il en est r\u00e9sult\u00e9 un des plus faibles taux de mortalit\u00e9 du G7. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113348\" data-originallang=\"en\">Au 13 mars, 85 % des Canadiens \u00e2g\u00e9s de cinq ans et plus \u00e9taient totalement vaccin\u00e9s, et l\u2019\u00e9conomie canadienne r\u00e9colte les fruits de la priorit\u00e9 accord\u00e9e \u00e0 notre sant\u00e9. Le march\u00e9 du travail canadien a connu un fort rebond apr\u00e8s la vague Omicron de f\u00e9vrier. Nous avons d\u00e9j\u00e0 largement r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9 les emplois perdus. Apr\u00e8s la r\u00e9cession beaucoup moins forte de 2008, il avait fallu huit mois de plus pour en arriver l\u00e0. En fait, nous avons r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9 115 % des emplois perdus pendant la pand\u00e9mie, contre 93 % aux \u00c9tats-Unis, et nous nous sommes remis plus rapidement qu\u2019apr\u00e8s toute autre r\u00e9cession.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113349\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le taux de ch\u00f4mage est retomb\u00e9 \u00e0 5,7 %, soit le taux le plus faible depuis que nous recueillons des donn\u00e9es de cette mani\u00e8re. Le Canada a continu\u00e9 d\u2019enregistrer une forte reprise \u00e9conomique au quatri\u00e8me trimestre, avec une augmentation de 6,7 % de l\u2019activit\u00e9 \u00e9conomique. Fait encourageant, la croissance \u00e9tait g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, soutenue par des facteurs \u00e9conomiques fondamentaux solides et un redressement continu des secteurs les plus durement touch\u00e9s par la pand\u00e9mie. Cependant, il n\u2019y aurait pas eu cette croissance sans le soutien du gouvernement qui a pris des mesures budg\u00e9taires importantes pour aider les Canadiens pendant la pand\u00e9mie, ce qui a contribu\u00e9 jusqu\u2019ici \u00e0 une r\u00e9silience qui favorise une reprise rapide.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113350\" data-originallang=\"en\">En d\u00e9cembre dernier, nous avons pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"11496808\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-8/\" title=\"An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures\">C-8 </a> qui vise \u00e0 favoriser l\u2019abordabilit\u00e9 des logements en instaurant une taxe annuelle nationale de 1 % sur la valeur des biens immobiliers r\u00e9sidentiels canadiens appartenant \u00e0 des \u00e9trangers non r\u00e9sidents et consid\u00e9r\u00e9s comme inoccup\u00e9s ou sous-utilis\u00e9s. Le gouvernement l\u2019avait annonc\u00e9 dans le budget de 2021 pour mettre un frein \u00e0 la sous-utilisation des logements. Le projet de loi \u00e9dicterait une nouvelle loi, la Loi sur la taxe sur les logements sous-utilis\u00e9s, pour que les propri\u00e9taires non r\u00e9sidents et non canadiens, surtout ceux qui se servent du Canada pour placer passivement leur richesse dans les biens immobiliers, paient leur juste part d\u2019imp\u00f4ts au Canada, et ce, d\u00e8s l\u2019ann\u00e9e civile 2022.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113351\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous nous effor\u00e7ons \u00e9galement de r\u00e9gler le probl\u00e8me des perturbations dans les cha\u00eenes d\u2019approvisionnement partout dans le monde et des goulets d'\u00e9tranglement qui entravent la livraison des produits et des fournitures dont ont besoin les Canadiens et les entreprises et qui, dans bien des cas, contribuent \u00e0 la hausse des prix.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113352\" data-originallang=\"en\">Rappelons les faits. Le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"11496808\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-8/\" title=\"An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures\">C-8</a> a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9pos\u00e9 apr\u00e8s l\u2019arriv\u00e9e du variant Omicron. Il pr\u00e9voit un soutien important pour les Canadiens, y compris un cr\u00e9dit d\u2019imp\u00f4t pour les entreprises qui am\u00e9liorent leur ventilation \u00e0 la suite de la COVID, une augmentation du cr\u00e9dit d'imp\u00f4t pour fournitures scolaires pour les enseignants qui ont achet\u00e9 des fournitures suppl\u00e9mentaires pour pouvoir donner des cours \u00e0 distance, le remboursement du prix de la pollution aux agriculteurs dans les administrations assujetties au filet de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 f\u00e9d\u00e9ral, 1,72 milliard de dollars pour les tests de d\u00e9pistage rapide et 300 millions de dollars pour les syst\u00e8mes d\u00e9livrant des preuves de vaccination mis au point par les provinces et les territoires.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113353\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"11496808\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-8/\" title=\"An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures\">C-8</a> propose aussi d\u2019habiliter le ministre de la Sant\u00e9 \u00e0 faire des paiements pour un total de 300 millions de dollars aux provinces et aux territoires pour couvrir les co\u00fbts li\u00e9s \u00e0 la mise en \u0153uvre de leurs programmes de certificats de vaccination contre la COVID\u201119. Les tests de d\u00e9pistage rapide constituent un autre outil important pendant cette pand\u00e9mie. Des \u00e9tudes montrant que les personnes asymptomatiques seraient responsables de la moiti\u00e9 des transmissions de COVID\u201119, il est \u00e9vident que les tests de d\u00e9pistage rapide peuvent aider \u00e0 r\u00e9duire consid\u00e9rablement le risque de flamb\u00e9es.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113354\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les conservateurs jugent bon de faire de l\u2019obstruction syst\u00e9matique sur ce projet de loi depuis des mois, en usant de man\u0153uvres de proc\u00e9dure pour emp\u00eacher que les Canadiens qui, \u00e0 raison, s\u2019attendent \u00e0 mieux et m\u00e9ritent mieux, re\u00e7oivent ce soutien.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113355\" data-originallang=\"en\">Avec leurs amendements \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tape du rapport, les conservateurs ont essay\u00e9 de supprimer du projet de loi l\u2019augmentation du cr\u00e9dit d\u2019imp\u00f4t pour fournitures scolaires pour les enseignants qui ont achet\u00e9 des fournitures suppl\u00e9mentaires pour pouvoir enseigner \u00e0 distance, un remboursement du prix de la pollution pour les agriculteurs dans les administrations assujetties au filet de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 f\u00e9d\u00e9ral, le cr\u00e9dit d\u2019imp\u00f4t pour les entreprises qui am\u00e9liorent leur ventilation \u00e0 la suite de la COVID, l\u2019augmentation de la d\u00e9duction \u00e9conomique pour les habitants de r\u00e9gions \u00e9loign\u00e9es, les 100 millions de dollars aux provinces et territoires pour des projets de ventilation dans les \u00e9coles, et les 300 millions de dollars aux provinces et territoires pour appuyer leurs initiatives concernant les preuves de vaccination.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7113356\" data-originallang=\"en\">Au cours des deux derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, le gouvernement a mis en place de vastes programmes de soutien qui ont depuis \u00e9volu\u00e9 et ont \u00e9t\u00e9 transform\u00e9s en mesures plus cibl\u00e9es. Nous l\u2019avons fait parce que c\u2019\u00e9tait ce qu'il fallait faire \u00e0 ce moment-l\u00e0. Quant aux prochaines ann\u00e9es, le gouvernement entend continuer de faire le n\u00e9cessaire pour soutenir la reprise, apporter une aide l\u00e0 o\u00f9 elle est n\u00e9cessaire, cr\u00e9er des emplois et favoriser une forte croissance dans les ann\u00e9es \u00e0 venir.</p>"
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