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Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, on April 1, the Prime Minister hiked the carbon tax by 23%. Every single week, I hear from dozens of constituents in my area who tell me they are struggling to be able just to buy food, groceries and other necessities. Use of a food bank in my area has more than doub

April 15th, 2024House debate

Rachael ThomasConservative

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I rise on the question of privilege raised by the member for Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola. The question of privilege concerns a clear and potentially intentional omission of facts from a recently answered Order Paper question known as Question No. 1445. It wo

April 9th, 2024House debate

Rachael ThomasConservative

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I support this question of privilege in light of the violation of government's obligation to answer an Order Paper question, but I also add to it, considering how the government has taken steps to take control of the Internet in Canada. It has done this through legi

April 9th, 2024House debate

Rachael ThomasConservative

Privilege  Madam Speaker, I very much appreciate that question. I think that should ultimately be the goal of this place, that we would get to the bottom of this and that we would understand why these types of scandals are allowed to take place. We at least somewhat know the answer to that:

April 8th, 2024House debate

Rachael ThomasConservative

Privilege  Madam Speaker, on a point of order, he apologized for offending the member. He did not apologize and withdraw his words.

April 8th, 2024House debate

Rachael ThomasConservative

Privilege  Madam Speaker, I would highlight that the hon. member seems a little scared. He seems quite passionate to protect something that we should all be wanting to expose. I am not sure why the hon. member is so defensive of this individual, Kristian Firth, who came and refused to answ

April 8th, 2024House debate

Rachael ThomasConservative

Privilege  Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Peace River—Westlock. It seems that the Prime Minister all too often finds himself at the centre of scandal and corruption, and here we are again. Whether it is the WE Charity scandal, the green slush fund or the arr

April 8th, 2024House debate

Rachael ThomasConservative

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the Liberals and, I suppose, the Green member as well, along with the NDP members, like to tout this line that, somehow, the carbon tax is saving the planet. We just do not have any evidence to that, none, zero. I have in front of me the Climate Change Performance

March 21st, 2024House debate

Rachael ThomasConservative

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, again, the issue at hand here today is the current government and the imposition of a carbon tax. On April 1, it is going up by 23%. There is zero proof to show that the carbon tax is somehow saving the planet. There is zero proof that any carbon emission targets a

March 21st, 2024House debate

Rachael ThomasConservative

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, my colleague brings up a really good point. The government claims that it is somehow doing Canadians a favour by taking a whole lot of their cash and then giving a few pennies back. Then somehow the Liberals come to this conclusion that therefore the carbon tax is

March 21st, 2024House debate

Rachael ThomasConservative

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, when I speak to the people of Lethbridge, the area I represent, they express many of those same challenges I saw in my household as a child, but there is a significant difference: how prolonged it is and how severe it is. It is worse than it has been in this countr

March 21st, 2024House debate

Rachael ThomasConservative

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the Prime Minister insists on doubling down on his damaging policies, and of course, the carbon tax is central to them. The carbon tax drives up the cost of everything, from gas to home heating to household goods. Everything is more expensive, not to mention the fa

March 21st, 2024House debate

Rachael ThomasConservative

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I was born and raised in southern Alberta on a small farm by two hard-working, common-sense Conservative parents. I was the middle of five children. My dad is a tradesman. He works hard with his hands. He helps build homes, unlike the Liberal government. He works l

March 21st, 2024House debate

Rachael ThomasConservative

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, last year in my riding, Kolk Farms, a local producer, was forced to pay $62,000 just in carbon tax on its natural gas alone. That is $62,000. What the Liberal-NDP government does not understand, because it is so out of touch, is that when Canadians go to the grocery

March 19th, 2024House debate

Rachael ThomasConservative

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, I think what is clear is that the Liberals have a dysfunctional relationship with the truth. Canadians pay more than they actually get back, and so for the average Albertan family, they pay $2,943. Meanwhile, they get back $2,032, which means that, ultimately, they a

March 19th, 2024House debate

Rachael ThomasConservative