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House Hansard - 129

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 17, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22
Mr. Tom Kmiec (Calgary Shepard, CPC)
  • Nov/17/22 10:50:14 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Mr. Speaker, the Parliamentary Budget Officer identified $14.2 billion of new spending in the fall economic statement that had no details attached to it. Effectively, it is a blank cheque for $14.2 billion that the government is asking parliamentarians to accept. Why is that member supporting more inflationary spending when we know that Canadians are hurting? The right thing to do would be to not give a blank cheque for $14.2 billion to the federal government?
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Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22
Mr. Dave Epp (Chatham-Kent—Leamington, CPC)
  • Nov/17/22 11:22:25 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Mr. Speaker, you might rule me out of order, because I wish to ask a question on the fall economic statement. Finally, I did hear a comment at the end of the speech that listed a few topics broadly that were listed. In an earlier exchange with the member for Calgary Shepard, he asked a question of the previous member. One of those things the hon. member across the way did not list was the $14.2-billion blank cheque. I have yet to hear what that is about. How is that not incendiary spending, as identified by the Parliamentary Budget Officer? I would like to know whether that is a measured response, which a previous speaker so described.
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Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22
Mr. Tom Kmiec (Calgary Shepard, CPC)
  • Nov/17/22 11:49:32 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Mr. Speaker, the riding of Calgary Skyview is one I know well as I am often there. According to Statistics Canada, the median income in that riding after tax is about $87,000. That is not a lot of income for Calgary, and it puts people directly into the middle class. They will be paying thousands more because of the inflationary spending that the current government keeps supporting. I will ask him the same question I did this morning to a different member. The Parliamentary Budget Officer identified $14.2 billion that does not relate to anything. There are no specifics on how that money will be spent. It is a blank cheque. That is what the Parliamentary Budget Officer essentially said. Can the member explain where this money is going and why he thinks the current federal government deserves another $14.2-billion blank cheque?
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