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Committee Evidence - FINA-13
2020-12-11
Hon. Wayne Easter - 13:22
CPC (AB)
Pat Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge)
2020-12-11 13:23
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Thank you.
My first question is for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
You talked about a lot of different things that are going to be necessary for economic recovery. I want you to comment on some of the tax increases that are going to be felt especially by small and medium-sized businesses.
Perhaps you can start with the excise escalator in particular, which automatically kicks in. Would you perhaps recommend to this committee that things such as the excise escalator, the increases to the carbon tax and increases to payroll deductions that are borne by businesses be suspended in the name of economic recovery?
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Economic recovery
Pre-budget consultations
Trevin Stratton - 13:24
Hon. Wayne Easter - 13:26
CPC (AB)
Pat Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge)
2020-12-11 13:26
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I'll turn it over to Tamara in a moment, but I think the witness makes a really good point on the extraordinary power of the escalator tax. I think King John himself would blush at having the power to give himself additional revenue each year without a vote in Parliament.
With that, I'll yield to Ms. Jansen.
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Pre-budget consultations
Hon. Wayne Easter - 13:26
CPC (BC)
Tamara Jansen (Cloverdale—Langley City)
2020-12-11 13:26
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Thank you.
Thank you, everybody, for your presentations.
I'd like to ask Professor Di Matteo a question. It seems clear that the Liberals' plan to build back better by investing heavily in their green agenda is not necessarily going to be the magic bullet that they claim.
I know that infrastructure worked in 2008 and 2009 because the Conservative government at the time invested in shovel-ready projects that got money circulating immediately, as opposed to the current plan, which looks to take years to implement, and those are years we don't have to waste.
Wouldn't a made-in-Canada approach focusing on manufacturing goods locally so that Canadians can buy from Canadians, rather than purchase offshore goods, be a wiser approach for instant impact?
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Pre-budget consultations
Product of Canada
Livio Di Matteo - 13:27
CPC (BC)
Tamara Jansen (Cloverdale—Langley City)
2020-12-11 13:28
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I have a second question. Well before the pandemic, economic growth was mediocre. Do you think that a recovery plan that focuses on increasing productivity while also aggressively reducing the cost of regulation would be the best path to recovery for Canada rather than the current path we seem to be planning?
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Economic recovery
Pre-budget consultations
Livio Di Matteo - 13:28
CPC (BC)
Tamara Jansen (Cloverdale—Langley City)
2020-12-11 13:29
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Thank you.
What are your thoughts regarding the current plan, which seems to focus only on domestic issues and does not pay serious attention to possible pressures that will come from our global neighbours?
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Livio Di Matteo - 13:29
CPC (BC)
Tamara Jansen (Cloverdale—Langley City)
2020-12-11 13:29
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I'm concerned that the finance minister is only looking inward rather than recognizing the outward pressures that will arise.
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Livio Di Matteo - 13:29
Hon. Wayne Easter - 13:30
Lib. (NT)
Michael McLeod (Northwest Territories)
2020-12-11 13:30
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Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'll try to be quick.
Mayor Napier, I want you to speak a little about infrastructure. You mentioned it as your first pillar. While we know that a lot of progress has been made on infrastructure in the north over the last five years, we know there's still a long way to go.
Could you speak on the importance of having infrastructure funding programs that are able not only to address the costs of construction in the north but also flexible enough to be effective?
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Infrastructure
Pre-budget consultations
Lynn Napier - 13:31
Lib. (NT)
Michael McLeod (Northwest Territories)
2020-12-11 13:33
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My second question if I've got time—
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Broadband Internet services
Pre-budget consultations
Hon. Wayne Easter - 13:33
Lib. (NT)
Michael McLeod (Northwest Territories)
2020-12-11 13:33
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—is about connectivity. You know that the Prime Minister last month announced $750 million in new funding to get 98% of Canadians connected to high-speed Internet by 2026.
What recommendations would you have to make sure that northern communities are able to benefit as much as possible from this funding?
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Broadband Internet services
Pre-budget consultations
Lynn Napier - 13:33
Hon. Wayne Easter - 13:36
Lib. (ON)
Julie Dzerowicz (Davenport)
2020-12-11 13:36
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Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to everyone for the interesting presentations.
My questions are for Mr. Stratton with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
I'm particularly interested in your recommendations under the “Get Canadians Back to Work” section of your written remarks. You talk about labour market strategies and real-time data. One of the things we've heard is that we actually don't collect local and regional skills and labour data.
Could you just confirm that's correct and that it's important for us to do so?
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Labour market
Pre-budget consultations
Trevin Stratton - 13:36
Lib. (ON)
Julie Dzerowicz (Davenport)
2020-12-11 13:36
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Okay. I have a second question for you. This is odd to say, but there's often a huge disconnect between the jobs that are out there and the employers, that is, with matching the employers with the employees.
How can the federal government be helpful on this moving forward?
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Labour market
Pre-budget consultations
Trevin Stratton - 13:37
Lib. (ON)
Julie Dzerowicz (Davenport)
2020-12-11 13:37
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Is that something you see the federal government being able to do?
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Labour market
Pre-budget consultations
Trevin Stratton - 13:37
Hon. Wayne Easter - 13:38
BQ (QC)
Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette)
2020-12-11 13:38
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Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First, I would like to say good afternoon to the witnesses and thank them for their presentations, which were all very interesting.
My first questions are for Ms. Napier, the mayor of Fort Smith and the president of the association representing the communities of the Northwest Territories.
Ms. Napier, I found your presentation and your answers to Mr. McLeod's questions very moving. So I'm going to pick up where you left off.
In 2020, and even in 2000, Internet access was supposed to be considered an essential service, and it is even more so during the pandemic. You have provided examples demonstrating its importance, such as being able to hold meetings via Zoom or webcast. My understanding is that the communities you represent do not have access to fibre optic Internet services because fibre optics do not reach them.
Is that correct?
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Broadband Internet services
Northwest Territories
Pre-budget consultations
Lynn Napier - 13:39
BQ (QC)
Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette)
2020-12-11 13:39
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How do communities connect to the Internet? Is it through cable or is it old-school satellite?
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Broadband Internet services
Northwest Territories
Pre-budget consultations
Lynn Napier - 13:40
BQ (QC)
Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette)
2020-12-11 13:41
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It's really sad to hear that. It should be considered an essential service.
To your knowledge, have any concrete projects been proposed? You talked about the possibility of connecting communities to the Internet through fibre optics. That's what it should be. Otherwise, it could be done using the new technology being announced with low earth orbit satellites, which are more numerous than conventional satellites.
To your knowledge, are there any such projects in the works, with the potential of changing things quickly over the next few months?
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Broadband Internet services
Northwest Territories
Pre-budget consultations
Lynn Napier - 13:42
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