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House Hansard - 220

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 19, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 220 - Sep/19/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • Sep/19/23 2:32:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today the Conservatives have shown their true colours. The Leader of the Opposition actually bragged about his comments three years ago. That is when he railed against big fat government programs. That was the emergency support we provided to Canadian families and to Canadian businesses to get through COVID. Thanks to those programs, we have nearly one million more jobs in Canada than before COVID. Our government is proud of supporting Canadians then, and we are proud—
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Context: House Hansard - 220 - Sep/19/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • Sep/19/23 2:33:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me tell the House who we do not intend to take advice from. We do not intend to take advice from the party that was going to leave Canadians high and dry when COVID shut down our economy. Instead, we supported Canadians, and that support worked. It kept businesses going. That means we have one million jobs more than we had before. We are going to continue working hard for Canadians. We have removed the GST on purpose-built rentals to get more homes built faster.
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