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Questions on the Order Paper May 31st, 2023
With regard to the government's commitment to close the infrastructure gap on First Nations by 2030: (a) what metrics is the government using to measure the progress on meeting this commitment; (b) has the government made any assessments on whether it is on track to reach this commitment; and (c) what year does Indigenous Services Canada expect the infrastructure gap will be closed, and what is the current level of progress based on the metrics in (a)?
Indigenous Affairs May 31st, 2023
Mr. Speaker, there is a priest accused of, and arrested for, abuse and forcible confinement of an eight-year-old girl. More victims are coming forward. Families are in shock. A first nation is in shock.
This is not history. This is happening now in Little Grand Rapids first nation in 2023. What is the government doing to support the community? What will the government do to work with the community to support its clear calls for accountability?
Business of Supply May 29th, 2023
Madam Chair, my riding, as I mentioned, has consistently had one of the highest child poverty rates in the country. Why will the government not make COVID-era benefits permanent, which would make poverty history?
Business of Supply May 29th, 2023
Madam Chair, quickly speaking of what others are doing, the U.S. passed a book profit tax as part of its Inflation Reduction Act that is already generating revenue. If Canada had a 15% minimum tax on book profits in 2021, it would have generated $1.4 billion in revenue annually.
Why is the government dragging behind the U.S. and letting corporations get out of paying their fair share of taxes?
Business of Supply May 29th, 2023
Madam Chair, yes, I am referring to pillar two. I am wondering how the minister could guarantee a movement in 2024 when no public agreements and timelines committed to so far have actually been met.
How is Canada going to move forward in 2024 when nothing that should have been done by now has been done?
Business of Supply May 29th, 2023
Madam Chair, turning to the so-called multilateral action that the government is a fan of, the Liberal government guaranteed that the global minimum tax would come into effect by 2024, yet it has not even begun to start the process that would implement a tax on multinational profits in every country where they are made, continuing a long tradition by the Liberal Party of coddling large multinational corporations.
Can the government guarantee that there will be a minimum tax on international corporations by 2024?
Business of Supply May 29th, 2023
Madam Chair, my answer to that is that it is nowhere near enough, given the accumulation of wealth we are seeing, a kind of accumulation we have not seen before in our country.
Let us turn to the climate crisis. Canadians expected leadership from the government, but they have been sorely disappointed. The government has instead offloaded its climate transition plan onto our tax code, preferring to line the pockets of wealthy CEOs by investing $80 billion in tax credits for the ultra-wealthy.
How can the minister guarantee that the tax credits will actually go to decarbonization?
Business of Supply May 29th, 2023
Madam Chair, I repeat that there was no answer to the question, but 34% of wealth created in the last 10 years went to the richest 1% of Canadians, and only 5% went to the poorest 50%.
Why are the minister and her government upholding the same plutocratic systems that her book criticizes?
Business of Supply May 29th, 2023
There is a preamble that is allowed—
Business of Supply May 29th, 2023
Madam Chair, I did not hear an answer. The answer is that 34% of the wealth created in the last 10 years went to the richest 1%.