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{
"time": "2022-09-22 13:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park\u2014Fort Saskatchewan, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park\u2014Fort Saskatchewan, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7299069\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, respectfully to my hon. friend, there seems to be a bit of a confused sense of who is responsible for what. He says the federal government does not impact the price of gas or groceries and does not prepare cakes; it is not the one making and setting the price for this. This seems to ignore the fact that the federal government is responsible for fiscal policies and, indirectly, for monetary policy that clearly shapes the price of goods.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7299070\" data-originallang=\"en\">Let us talk about a more direct case of responsibility, that is, the price of gas. The government has what the <a data-HoCid=\"263831\" href=\"/politicians/chrystia-freeland/\" title=\"Chrystia Freeland\">finance minister</a> calls the carbon pricing scheme, or what we call the carbon tax scheme, perhaps. She has said, and it has been said by other members, that this exists to raise the price of gas. That is the whole logic behind those who defend this policy. They say that we need to raise the price of gas because, allegedly, that is going to be good for the environment. However, the government could make a simple choice and not raise taxes on gas.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7299071\" data-originallang=\"en\">Will the member acknowledge that the price of gas, if nothing else, is actually something the government has a significant impact on and support our proposal to have no new taxes?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7299069\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, avec tout le respect que je dois \u00e0 mon coll\u00e8gue, il semble un peu m\u00eal\u00e9 quant \u00e0 savoir qui est responsable de quoi. Il dit que le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral n'a aucune influence sur le prix de l\u2019essence ou des aliments et qu\u2019il ne fait pas de g\u00e2teaux; il pr\u00e9tend que ce n\u2019est pas lui qui fixe le prix de ces produits. Or, cette position ne semble pas tenir compte du fait que le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral est responsable des politiques fiscales et, indirectement, de la politique mon\u00e9taire, qui d\u00e9termine clairement le prix des marchandises.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7299070\" data-originallang=\"en\">Parlons de sa responsabilit\u00e9 plus directe \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9gard du prix de l\u2019essence. Le gouvernement s\u2019est dot\u00e9 de ce que la <a data-HoCid=\"263831\" href=\"/politicians/chrystia-freeland/\" title=\"Chrystia Freeland\">ministre des Finances</a> appelle le r\u00e9gime de tarification du carbone et que nous appelons la taxe sur le carbone. La ministre a dit, et d\u2019autres d\u00e9put\u00e9s aussi, que ce r\u00e9gime vise \u00e0 faire augmenter le prix de l\u2019essence. Voil\u00e0 l\u2019argument sur lequel s\u2019appuient ceux qui d\u00e9fendent cette politique. Ils soutiennent qu'il faut augmenter le prix de l\u2019essence en pr\u00e9tendant que ce sera bon pour l\u2019environnement. Le gouvernement pourrait toutefois faire un choix simple en s\u2019abstenant de hausser les taxes sur l\u2019essence.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7299071\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 admettra-t-il que le gouvernement a bel et bien une influence consid\u00e9rable sur le prix de l\u2019essence, \u00e0 tout le moins, et appuiera-t-il notre proposition de ne pas imposer de nouvelles taxes?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2022/9/22/garnett-genuis-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/garnett-genuis/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4383/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11809636",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 2",
"fr": "Loi no 2 sur l'all\u00e8gement du co\u00fbt de la vie"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2022/9/22/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2022%2F9%2F22%2F"
}
}