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House Hansard - 131

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 21, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 131 - Nov/21/22
Mr. Han Dong (Don Valley North, Lib.)
  • Nov/21/22 4:04:17 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Madam Speaker, I listened closely to the hon. member's remarks, and he talked about history. The Harper government began with a surplus. The previous Liberal government left, I think, $13 billion at the time. Therefore, it started off really well with a surplus to manage. Also, I checked the record. Under Harper, for the nine years that the Conservatives were in government, not a single year's unemployment rate went below 6%. However, we saw the constant dropping of the unemployment rate under the Trudeau government prior to the pandemic, and now we are seeing five point something per cent as a new norm for Canada. I think we have done quite well. By the way, the real debt-to-GDP ratio for the federal government is 31%, which was just released in the public accounts. Which program is the hon. member proposing to cut, perhaps in an amendment, that he thinks is a waste of money—
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Context: House Hansard - 131 - Nov/21/22
Mr. Darrell Samson (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, Lib.)
  • Nov/21/22 6:16:00 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
I thank my colleague for his speech, Mr. Speaker. It is always interesting to listen to him talk about the economy. However, I would like to draw his attention to the fact that in addition to having rehired everyone who lost their job during the pandemic, which is more than three million people, 400,000 new jobs have been created in the meantime. Canada has the lowest unemployment rate in 40 years and our AAA rating has been reaffirmed. Our country is in a good position and that is because of the investments we made. My colleague talks about immigration. I would like to hear his thoughts on some of the changes we made to encourage more immigration to add to the workforce. This bill has some good things that are very interesting and will help Canadians.
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