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House Hansard - 127

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 15, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 127 - Nov/15/22
Mrs. Brenda Shanahan
  • Nov/15/22 11:11:17 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Madam Speaker, I have worked in the field as a social worker, and I know how important the employment insurance program is as a safety net. It has actually expanded over the years, as it started as something very basic after World War II, then over time it has continued to be used. There are mandatory contributions to make sure the fund is healthy and well funded. We never know when we are going to be in need. Any one of us could be in that situation at any given time. There is reform that needs to be done. I am confident, with the evolution that we have seen to date, that that reform is forthcoming.
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Context: House Hansard - 127 - Nov/15/22
Mr. Greg McLean (Calgary Centre, CPC)
  • Nov/15/22 12:07:57 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Mr. Speaker, I listened to my colleague in the House and I sit in committee with the member as well. I often think he is reading off a page because so much of what he says is dissonant with reality. He is now talking about a Canada growth fund on top of the Canada Infrastructure Bank. The financial incentive systems, which are built throughout the government to foster investment in Canada, throw money at a wall on some of these technologies that are not going anywhere. The Liberals continue to risk taxpayers' money. In the time the government has been in power, hundreds of billions of dollars of foreign investment and Canadian investment has left the Canadian economy. The government is now trying to backfill it with more Canadian government money and it is putting a finger in the dike. The government has caused an investment climate that is destroying foreign investment and all investment in Canada. Can he get to the root of the problem, undo some of the destructive policies and not throw more government money at a wall?
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