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House Hansard - 201

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 29, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 201 - May/29/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 8:36:47 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I am glad to finally have a question about people, jobs and growth. Canada's GDP grew by 3.4% last year, the strongest level in the G7. In the first quarter of this year, our GDP grew by 2.5%, also the strongest in the G7.
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Context: House Hansard - 201 - May/29/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 8:40:54 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, our target is economic growth and good jobs for Canadians. We have proven that with job growth—
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Context: House Hansard - 201 - May/29/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:09:01 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, the Harper government did have low growth. It had a remarkably lacklustre recovery from the 2008 recession. It took four months longer for GDP to recover from the 2008 recession than our recovery took from the COVID recession. It took 27 months for jobs to recover from the 2008 recession, but only 21 months after the much deeper COVID recession, and it was a shocking 110 months for the unemployment rate to—
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Context: House Hansard - 201 - May/29/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:44:32 p.m.
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Madam Chair, that is absolutely not the case. By my own account, we are investing in Canadians, driving jobs and growth and—
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