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House Hansard - 73

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 17, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 73 - May/17/22
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice
  • May/17/22 5:07:35 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is very easy to explain. This is a Liberal budget, not an NDP one. When we no longer are the fourth party but the first, we will not present this kind of budget. In the meantime, we are negotiating and attempting to get what we can. I remind my Bloc Québécois colleagues that they too have supported Conservative or Liberal budgets that contained subsidies for the oil companies or the Trans Mountain purchase. We need to be careful, because both sides have done it. However, the NDP sought gains for Quebeckers, such as dental care, lower prescription drugs, a definition of affordability and better access to housing. We can vote in favour of a budget even if we do not agree with everything, as my Bloc Québécois colleagues have often done in the past.
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