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House Hansard - 151

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 1, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 151 - Feb/1/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/1/23 2:27:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, well, after eight years in power, rents have doubled from $1,000 to $2,000. Monthly mortgage payments have doubled from $1,500 to well over $3,000. One in five Canadians is skipping meals, and half of Canadians are cutting groceries because of the food price inflation that his carbon tax has caused. Where is the money going? There was $15 billion for high-priced consultants like McKinsey. When he hired McKinsey, he announced that it was for $1 a year, up to at least $120 million a year. How do you explain that? It is just inflation?
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Context: House Hansard - 151 - Feb/1/23
Ms. Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, CPC)
  • Feb/1/23 2:34:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know that the insiders at McKinsey got rich, and we know that Canadians got 40-year highs of inflation. However, after eight years of the Prime Minister and $15 billion for consultants, what did Canadians get? They got record food bank visits, he doubled their rent and he doubled their mortgage payments. The Prime Minister says that things have never been better, and for him and his friends, that is true. However, over here in the real world, Canadians are struggling. Will the Prime Minister show some humility, admit there is a problem and start working for ordinary Canadians?
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Context: House Hansard - 151 - Feb/1/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/1/23 2:47:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is the middle class that is left paying the bill. He has doubled our national debt by adding more debt than all other prime ministers combined, causing the inflation rate to spike to the highest levels in 40 years. The more he spends, the more Canadians pay. It is “justinflation”, and Canadians are paying the bill. What do we get? We get more people visiting food banks, more people living in poverty, and more money for his friends at McKinsey. How much did McKinsey get?
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Context: House Hansard - 151 - Feb/1/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/1/23 2:48:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is not me who says that the Prime Minister overspent; it is Bill Morneau. Do members remember him? My old friend Bill Morneau is the one who said the Prime Minister spends too much. The future Liberal leader, Mark Carney, is the one who, along with the current Governor of the Bank of Canada, says that this overspending is contributing to inflation. Forty per cent of the spending had nothing to do with COVID. In fact, much of it went to Liberal cronies and Liberal friends, nearly doubling the amount of money that goes to high-priced consultants like McKinsey. If he has nothing to hide, then he has one more chance to tell us: How much did he pay McKinsey?
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Context: House Hansard - 151 - Feb/1/23
Mrs. Dominique Vien (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, CPC)
  • Feb/1/23 2:58:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of this government, Canadians are struggling. Every month, inflation takes more and more of their paycheque, and 1.5 million people used food banks in one month. Students are living in shelters. Mothers have to choose between feeding the child they have or the child they have on the way. What is this out-of-touch government telling us? It is saying that Canadians have never felt so good. What will it take for the Prime Minister to see and hear that Canadians are suffering?
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