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House Hansard - 234

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 18, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 234 - Oct/18/23
Hon. Anita Anand (President of the Treasury Board, Lib.)
  • Oct/18/23 2:47:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada has a AAA credit rating, the lowest debt-to-GDP ratio in the G7 and low unemployment. In addition, we will always be there to support the middle class, whether it is six million seniors with the old age security benefit, 11 million Canadians with the grocery rebate or four million Canadians with business supports. What we do on this side of the House is invest in Canadians to build a stronger economy day after day and year after year, and we will continue on that course.
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Context: House Hansard - 234 - Oct/18/23
Hon. Anita Anand (President of the Treasury Board, Lib.)
  • Oct/18/23 2:50:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, unlike the party opposite, on this side of the House we do not balance budgets on the backs of Canadians. On the contrary, we invest in Canadians. Let me give members one example: lifting almost 500,000 children out of poverty with the Canada child benefit. Every single time there is an opportunity to support Canadians, what does the other side of the House do? They vote against. That is not the way we will build a strong economy— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 234 - Oct/18/23
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Oct/18/23 3:08:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. I wonder why she has nothing to say about what the government has recently done. We recently announced the largest private investment in Quebec's history, known as Northvolt, precisely to manufacture batteries and electric vehicles. My colleague should have focused on this issue, because Quebec will not only become a champion of the auto industry, but also a champion of the green economy. This is exactly what we are doing.
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Context: House Hansard - 234 - Oct/18/23
Hon. Pascale St-Onge (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • Oct/18/23 3:13:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as everyone knows, the Conservatives always claim to have the strongest economic record and want to lecture us on the economy. The reality is that the last time they were in power, not only did they burn through the budgets left behind by the Liberals, but they also managed to never balance the budget, despite all their cuts to pensions, employment insurance, border security, the army, federal prisons, science and research. On this side of the House, we support economic growth. The Conservatives may be good with an axe, but they are not so good with a calculator.
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