Philip Lawrence at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On October 29th, 2024. See this statement in context.

October 29th, 2024 / 5:10 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

We heard from both viewpoints with respect to the carbon tax and the luxury tax—that it applies to Canadians and the Canadian industry. It will affect the middle class—the workers who are out in the factories building these boats. It will affect, like you said, the mom and dad who want to take their daughter or son fishing.

Now, those folks who have yachts have an ability to get away with this because they could go to the United States.

If they bought a boat in the United States, would they have to pay the Canadian luxury tax or Canadian carbon tax?

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