QUESTION PERIOD — Finance
Affordability for Canadians
December 2, 2025
My question is for Senator Moreau, the Government Representative in the Senate.
This chamber continues to await the arrival of Bill C-4 so that we can do our job, but it keeps getting delayed in the House. Bill C-4, which is entitled the making life more affordable for Canadians act, includes Parts 1, 2 and 3 which legislate three election promises related to affordability: an income tax cut, a GST and HST reduction and the removal of the consumer carbon tax.
Part 4 contains amendments to the Canada Elections Act specifically related to data collected by political parties. Can you help this chamber understand how Part 4 makes life more affordable for Canadians? Or, conversely, how does it help to improve the data privacy rates of Canadians given that data security is central to our national security, sovereignty and economic prosperity?
In terms of the question concerning Bill C-4, I have been told that there is unanimous consent in the other place. I don’t understand why Bill C-4 is not here at the Senate at this time. The question should probably be directed to the Leader of the Opposition here because my understanding is that it’s not the government that does not want to fulfill its political will by bringing Bill C-4 to the Senate.
Bill C-4 contains important measures that would benefit all Canadians, and I look forward to having it here so this chamber may thoroughly study all the measures that are in the bill.
Thank you, Senator Moreau.
Our chamber, as it relates to Bill C-4, might best be called the “chamber of sober first thought,” particularly in relation to Part 4, which contains amendments to the Canada Elections Act. The committee that studied the bill in the House did not hear witness testimony related to Part 4.
Can you reassure this chamber that we will be provided with a meaningful opportunity to study Part 4 optimally in our Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee?
I’m certainly looking forward to having the time to thoroughly study Bill C-4 here at the Senate. The only question I have is when it will cross the street and come to the Senate. Once again, it is not because of the government. The government is trying hard to bring Bill C-4 to the Senate on time, and we will have time to study it thoroughly. I’m committed to that.
