Bob Zimmer

[Petitions, December 12th, 2023]

Mr. Speaker, one more time. The Prime Minister—

[Petitions, December 12th, 2023]

Madam Speaker, I will get to the petition finally.

We, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada draw the attention of the House of Commons to the following: Whereas the Trudeau government has attempted to ban and seize the—

[Petitions, December 12th, 2023]

Madam Speaker, I guess if it is in the rules of the House of Commons then I will apologize, but I certainly will not apologize for speaking on behalf of residents of Skeena—Bulkley Valley.

I will speak to the petition but they are trying to interrupt—

[Petitions, December 12th, 2023]

Madam Speaker, I think the point being made is that they have tried to get their local member of Parliament to do this and they will not do it—

[Petitions, December 12th, 2023]

Madam Speaker, the second petition is from residents of Skeena—Bulkley Valley. Sadly, their own MP would not present this petition on behalf of residents of Smithers—

[Petitions, December 12th, 2023]

Madam Speaker, I have two petitions to present today.

After eight years, this Prime Minister has made life unaffordable for Canadians with his carbon tax. Mackenzie residents are simply asking for some relief from this Liberal Prime Minister in this petition.

We, the undersigned residents of Mackenzie, B.C., call upon the House of Commons to reconsider the northern living allowance classification for Mackenzie and change from its current prescribed immediate zone of 50% deduction to full prescribed northern zone of 100% deduction.

[Carbon Pricing, December 11th, 2023]

Mr. Speaker, that answer throws the current Premier of the Northwest Territories completely under the bus. The Prime Minister unfairly gives a tax exemption to certain Canadians and not others. His environment minister has doubled down recently and said he is going to give that exemption to some, but not others. Liberal hot air will not keep Northwest Territories residents warm this Christmas.

Will the minister come to the Northwest Territories, sit across from families in Northwest Territories and tell them why the government will not exempt them from the carbon tax?

[Carbon Pricing, December 11th, 2023]

Mr. Speaker, in one of his first comments as Premier of the Northwest Territories, R.J. Simpson simply said yesterday that a carbon tax “doesn't work” for Northwest Territories. He said, “a complete exemption for the territory is what we would hope for because, like I said before, the costs are already high—higher costs are not the solution up here.”

Will the Prime Minister do the right thing this Christmas, fire the environment minister and axe the carbon tax?

[Affordable Housing and Groceries Act, December 11th, 2023]

Madam Speaker, to finish my point of order, if we were able to reflect on who was or was not here, we could easily reflect on that party, the NDP, whose members were not here either, or members of the Liberal Party as well.

[Affordable Housing and Groceries Act, December 11th, 2023]

Madam Speaker, the member well knows we are not supposed to point out absence or presence in the House of Commons.