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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 8:06:34 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, our government believes in compassion, and I think we have demonstrated that in budget after budget. Our government also knows that Canadians want to know that there is fairness and program integrity.
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Context: House Hansard - 201 - May/29/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 8:07:07 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I would like to talk about the importance of fairness. Fairness is important to vulnerable Canadians as well as to affluent Canadians. Vulnerable Canadians who play by the rules want to know that everyone else is playing by the rules too. That is why we are finding a balance between integrity and compassion.
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Context: House Hansard - 201 - May/29/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 8:07:35 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, the point about the importance of integrity and fairness applies to all Canadians and to all of our programs.
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Context: House Hansard - 201 - May/29/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 8:08:01 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, as I said, we absolutely understand the importance of program integrity. It really matters to Canadians. I also want to point out, and let us remember, that COVID was an unprecedented economic emergency. We took unprecedented—
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Context: House Hansard - 201 - May/29/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 8:09:20 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, we believe that integrity of all of our programs is important, and that is what we are pursuing. We are pursuing it in a compassionate, reasonable way. I want to remind people: eyes on the prize. The important thing is we needed to take emergency action during COVID.
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