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House Hansard - 121

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 31, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 121 - Oct/31/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Oct/31/22 2:20:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the $500‑billion inflationary deficit has caused the highest rate of inflation in 40 years. Canadians are cutting back on food so they can afford groceries, and 35-year-olds are having to live in their parents' basement. The fiscal update presents an opportunity for the government to reverse the policies that have caused this crisis. Is it not ironic that the only solution to this crisis is for the government to reverse 100% of what it has done for the past seven years?
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Context: House Hansard - 121 - Oct/31/22
Mr. Philip Lawrence (Northumberland—Peterborough South, CPC)
  • Oct/31/22 2:49:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the verdict is in. The evidence is clear. The cost of government is driving up the cost of living. The Prime Minister's own Parliamentary Budget Officer said that, of the new spending, 40% was not related to COVID. Liberal leadership members seem to agree. Mark Carney recently said that inflation is now primarily a Canadian event. Even the deputy leader, with her new religion of fiscal restraint, seems to agree. Does the Prime Minister agree?
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Context: House Hansard - 121 - Oct/31/22
Mr. Michael Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, CPC)
  • Oct/31/22 3:02:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are very much worried about children, including the fact that, with record-high food bank use, more than one-third of those users are children. The Liberals were adding more than $171,000 of new debt every single minute of the last fiscal year, and half of that spending had absolutely nothing to do with pandemic supports. Canadians are struggling. The Liberals are making it worse. They had the NDP cheerleading them on trying to max out the national credit card. That is what happens when we have unserious, out of touch, expensive NDP-Liberals who do not care and do not know what Canadians are facing. Canadians cannot afford the costly coalition. Will they end this inflationary spending?
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