Jasraj Hallan
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Business & Financial Interests
Before being elected to Parliament, Jasraj Hallan was a small business owner in Calgary, Alberta. He reportedly worked as a master builder and operated a custom home building business. According to his disclosure summary with the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, he has declared ownership in a private corporation named J. Hallan Inc.
Key Relationships & Connections
As a member of the Conservative Party, Jasraj Hallan is a key political ally of party leader Pierre Poilievre. Poilievre has appointed Hallan to prominent roles in the Conservative shadow cabinet, including serving as the Shadow Minister for Finance. This position makes him a leading voice for the party on economic and financial matters.
Public Controversies
In late 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hallan reportedly travelled to California despite public health advisories against non-essential travel. He stated the trip was to visit a sick family member. He has also faced public criticism for his statements linking the federal carbon tax to increased food bank usage. Some food bank organizations have publicly stated that while the cost of living is a factor, the reasons for rising food bank use are complex and cannot be attributed to a single policy.
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Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the fine member for. The costliest budget in Canadian history outside of COVID is back to haunt us once again. This is the biggest deficit outside of COVID that the government dropped on top of Canadians, and it is back. It is back to traumatize them once again. Canadians are visiting food banks at record numbers.
Prime Minister First of all, Mr. Speaker, the member can tell histhat steel is still used around the world. His Prime Minister does not believe anyone even uses steel. Second of all, he can tell his Prime Minister to remove the industrial carbon tax that gets put on that steel. The member, in particular, is completely out of touch. His government is completely out of touch. It is his government
Mr. Speaker, the translation was a bit behind, so I hope I heard the question right. finance minister If the question is about the excise tax, Conservatives, from day one, every single year, put forward motions at the finance committee and I have written letters to thesaying there should be zero tax on these beverages and that should be frozen. At a time when restaurants are closing more than
Mr. Speaker, before I get started, I just wanted to ask for unanimous consent to split my time.
Mr. Speaker, I will have to disagree with the hon. member because we do have solutions. Conservatives have identified the problem. When the Liberals drove out $1 trillion of investment, they also got rid of the competition. Competition in a free market helps to drive costs down. We would eliminate, in their entirety, the industrial carbon tax, the clean fuel standard and any other taxes the
Mr. Chair, over the last 10 years, we have seen the Liberal government create many other bureaucracies that have not met any targets and have run large deficits. Why would the minister create another debt fund that is filled with taxpayer money?
Mr. Chair, why would the finance minister run a so-called sovereign wealth fund with taxpayer debt?
Mr. Chair, Nordic wealth funds are run with surpluses or royalties from resource revenues. This fund that the minister is creating is going to be funded by debt. Why?
Madam Chair, does the minister understand that Liberal taxes put onto the cost of fuel, including on the trucker, the farmer and the people who sell the food, end up getting paid by the person buying the food, yes or no?
Madam Chair, it was three years ago that the finance minister himself promised that. Does the minister understand that Liberal taxes, including the industrial carbon tax and the clean fuel standard, make the cost of food go up, yes or no?
Madam Chair, the minister's own housing agency says that 480,000 homes need to be built per year, over the next few years, to restore home affordability. The Liberals promised 500,000 homes per year. Their own housing agency says that home starts will decrease over the next few years, with a max of 280,000 homes per year. When will the Liberals build 500,000 homes per year?
Prime Minister Madam Chair, does the minister agree with thethat affordability is the best it has been in a decade, even though grocery prices are up by $1,000 this year and 2.2 million Canadians are going to a food bank?
Madam Chair, the PBO says that Build Canada Homes will only build 5,200 homes per year. Is that close to the 500,000 homes they promised, yes or no?
Mr. Chair, who is on the hook for the consolidated fund that the minister is talking about?
Madam Chair, the minister acknowledges that removing the excise tax makes the cost of fuel and food go down. Would he agree that removing the clean fuel standard and the industrial carbon tax would also make the cost of food go down, yes or no?
Mr. Chair, can the finance minister confirm that he will not be involved in the process of appointing board members for this new debt fund?