Deputy Speaker Bruce Stanton rejected the Tories’ request to hold an emergency debate on the Liberal government’s proposed tax changes.

Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre moved a motion requesting that the House hold an emergency debate following question period Wednesday.

Poilieve said the finance minister’s “unfair tax changes will lead to dire consequences” for local businesses and family farms. He said the proposed changes have been subjected to intense media and opposition scrutiny and they deserve the same attention inside the Commons.

Deputy Speaker Stanton said Poilievre’s request “doesn’t quite” meet the necessary requirements for an emergency debate.

The proposed changes affect how Canadian-controlled private corporations are taxed. The changes are under consultation until October 2 and have been opposed by many physicians, farmers and business groups. The Tories have been hammering the Liberal government on the topic daily since the House returned last week, usually using farmers or small businesses to make their argument.

“Parliament – not the government – is the final authority on taxation,” Poilievre said.

Poilievre said Morneau’s tax proposals require “urgent attention” because they also suggest that the changes should be made retroactive to the consultation’s release date of July 18, 2017.

“It would set a dangerous precedent for the government to impose retroactive tax increases without any debate in Parliament.”

In question period shortly before Poilievre made the request to have an emergency debate, things got a bit heated between he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Poilievre said that nobody saw their child care benefit increase more than Trudeau – “Who now has two taxpayer funded nannies, despite the fact that he has a massive, multi-million dollar family fortune.”

He continued, “A small business person earning just $50 a year under the proposed plan would pay a tax rate of 60% on his passive income. The Prime Minister would pay 53% on his passive income. Why is a small business person paying so much more than this millionaire Prime Minister?”

To which Trudeau replied, “Mr. Speaker, one should not be able to stand in the House and just make things up.”

After what sounded like commotion in the Commons, the Speaker moved on.

The Senate is also taking on the issue; its finance committee will study the tax reform proposals and invite witnesses to testify.