As I said earlier, New Democrats are of the view that increases in the excise tax on beer, wine and liquor shouldn't exceed the target rate of inflation. That's not exactly what this motion proposes to do. I would like to suggest an amendment that would help this motion do that.
I, therefore, move that the motion be amended to replace everything after “past year” with the following:
breweries, wineries and distilleries are an important source of wealth and employment in the Canadian economy, and industry sales have not returned to prepandemic levels, the committee calls on the government to limit the April 1, 2024, increase of the excise tax on beer, wine and liquor to the Bank of Canada's target inflation rate of 2%.