| October 4, 2022 — — That, given that, |
| (i) the government has made repeated promises to lower credit card interchange fees to level the playing field between small businesses and large corporations, |
| (ii) beginning this month, merchants will be able to pass along credit card interchange fees to consumers, |
| (iii) Canadians are already struggling with the cost of living which is rising at a pace not seen in four decades, |
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the House call upon the government to introduce legislation without delay to cap credit card interchange fees at a maximum of 1%. |
| Notice also received from: |
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| October 4, 2022 — — That, given that, |
| (i) Canada is experiencing a mental health and substance use crisis that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, |
| (ii) too many Canadians are unable to access mental health or substance use supports in a timely manner because of out-of-pocket costs or lengthy wait lists, |
| (iii) the rising cost of living is adding significant stress to the daily lives of Canadians and worsening financial barriers to accessing mental health and substance use services, |
| (iv) the lack of access to community-based mental health and substance use services increases demands on hospital emergency rooms and primary care providers, |
| (v) untreated or inadequately treated mental illness carries significant social and economic costs, |
| the House call upon the government to: |
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(a) develop a national strategy on mental health wait times; |
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(b) introduce legislation that will enshrine in law parity between physical and mental health in Canada’s universal public health care system; and |
| (c) without delay establish a canada mental health transfer to sustainably fund the provision of mental health and substance use services and disburse an initial investment of $4.5 billion to the provinces and territories. |
| Notice also received from: |
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| October 4, 2022 — — That, given that, |
| (i) big grocery stores have made massive profits in the past year, not long after several were investigated for bread price-fixing, |
| (ii) workers’ wages and the prices paid to producers in the agricultural sector are not keeping up with those corporate profits, or with inflation, |
| (iii) Canadian families are struggling with the rising costs of essential purchases, |
| the House call on the government to recognize that corporate greed is a significant driver of inflation, and to take further action to support families during this cost-of-living crisis, including: |
| (a) removing the GST from home heating and therapeutic counselling; |
| (b) reversing its decision to claw back the Canada Child Benefit from parents who received pandemic supports, and increasing the benefit by $500 for the next six months; and |
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launching an affordable and fair food strategy which tackles corporate greed in the grocery sector including by asking the Competition Bureau to investigate grocery chain profits, increasing penalties for price-fixing and strengthening competition laws to prohibit companies from abusing their dominant positions in a market to exploit purchasers or agricultural producers. |
| Notice also received from: |
| and — October 4, 2022 |
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| October 4, 2022 — — That, given that, |
| (i) big grocery stores have made massive profits in the past year, not long after several were investigated for bread price-fixing, |
| (ii) workers’ wages and the prices paid to producers in the agricultural sector are not keeping up with those corporate profits, or with inflation,
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| (iii) Canadian families are struggling with the rising costs of essential purchases, |
| the House call on the government to recognize that corporate greed is a significant driver of inflation, and to take further action to support families during this cost-of-living crisis, including: |
| (a) forcing CEOs and big corporations to pay what they owe, by closing the loopholes that have allowed them to avoid $30 billion in taxes in 2021 alone, resulting in a corporate tax rate that is effectively lower now than when this government was elected; |
| (b) launching an affordable and fair food strategy which tackles corporate greed in the grocery sector including by asking the Competition Bureau to launch an investigation of grocery chain profits, increasing penalties for price-fixing and strengthening competition laws to prohibit companies from abusing their dominant positions in a market to exploit purchasers or agricultural producers; and |
| (c) supporting the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food in investigating high food prices and the role of “greedflation”, including inviting grocery CEOs before the committee. |
| Notice also received from: |
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| October 4, 2022 — — That, given that, |
| (i) this summer, millions of parents were notified by the federal government that their Canada Child Benefit (CCB) would be reduced as a consequence of having received pandemic supports, |
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(ii) these and other parents rely on the CCB to help pay for essential purchases, |
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the House call on the government to: |
| (a) reverse its decision to claw back these benefits; |
| (b) increase the CCB by $500 for the next six months to help families deal with Canada’s cost-of-living crisis. |
| Notice also received from: |
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| October 4, 2022 — — That the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food be instructed to undertake a study of profit-driven inflation in the grocery sector, and that this study evaluate, review and examine any issues relevant to this situation, such as, but not limited to:
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| (a) the costs of groceries going up while large chains are making record profits, |
| (b) the record profits of large grocery chains and their CEOs in relation to employee wages and the cost of groceries in Canada, |
| (c) the ability of large grocery chains to leverage their size to cut into the earnings of Canadians farmers, |
| provided that,
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| (d) this study begin no later than seven days following the adoption of this motion;
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| (e) the committee present its findings to the House upon completion and, notwithstanding Standing Order 109, that the government provide a comprehensive response within 30 days;
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| (f) no fewer than six meeting be set aside to hear from witnesses; and
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| (g) each party represented on the committee be entitled to select one witness per one-hour witness panel, and two witnesses per two-hour witness panel. |
| Notice also received from: |
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