NDP MP Leah Gazan says it was 'disgusting' to hear two Conservative MPs put a motion at the Indigenous affairs committee to 'axe the tax.'
A committee meeting set to discuss the federal government’s Indigenous child welfare legislation was suddenly thrust into a conversation about the federal government’s carbon tax.
The meeting started with witnesses from Indigenous Services and Justice giving an overview of the child welfare legislation regarding First Nation, Inuit and Métis children, also known as C-92.
During the question and answer period, a Conservative MP introduced a motion to the committee to “axe the carbon tax.”
“Thank you to my colleague Martin Shields for raising that very important motion as he pointed out 133 chiefs of Ontario have come out against the carbon tax,” said Conservative MP Jamie Schmale. [...]
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