Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to reiterate some of the things that I said. You know, this carbon tax is going to affect every single person in the Northwest Territories, including children. Right now we have high inflation. We're taxed out to the limit. We seem to be sending every -- you know, sending everything to Ottawa and then they give it away to some other place, but they don't look after us. You know, that should not be happening. If we don't look after our own first, then we look after no one. We're not in a situation where we can build new businesses. I am very pro-business; always was and that will never change, whether it be small or large, because for a business to thrive you have to have -- you have to have development. You have to have all these other things with it. And I support the Minister on that, always. But a 14 percent increase overall will affect each and every person in this room, outside this room, and the people on the street. A lot of people will go without because they're just trying to pay the bills just to make sure that they still have a roof over their head. Those are very serious situations that our people will be in. Whether you have a high-paying job, a low-paying job, or a middle-class job, it doesn't matter. They're all our people, and we have to look at it from a wide -- like, with a different lens. Every single person, including our children, are going to be affected by this. And who speaks on behalf of these people? We do. That's why we were elected. We were elected to speak for the wishes of the people of our constituency and for the people of the Northwest Territories. And I feel very strongly on this bill, and I said so right from the beginning, and I will not be supporting this bill until drastic changes are made to ensure that we're addressing all those concerns with business, with seniors, with Indigenous governments, and with ordinary people and for the poor. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Frieda Martselos on Committee Motion 376-19(2): Committee Report 45-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act - Rebate for Carbon Tax Revenues, Carried
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Committee Motion 376-19(2): Committee Report 45-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act - Rebate for Carbon Tax Revenues, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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