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House Hansard - 245

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 2, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 245 - Nov/2/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/2/23 2:21:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, he did not say whether his party supports him or not. That is interesting. Senator Percy Downe said that this government is not serious about the economy, that it simply does not care, and that it would throw money at anything that crossed its mind. The resulting interest rate hikes, increasing cost of living and huge debt do not seem to concern it. Even the Liberals agree that this Prime Minister is not worth the cost. Is Mark Carney the only one who can save the Liberal government?
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Context: House Hansard - 245 - Nov/2/23
Mr. Greg McLean
  • Nov/2/23 7:05:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's input on the matter, although, again, he is picking and choosing where he gets to take his facts on this. Think about the greenhouse gas pricing act that happened at the Supreme Court just two years ago. In fact, at that point in time, the government did not consider that reference an opinion; it took it as if it were actually the law of the land. Now, the government is saying that it was just the opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada, that it will work with it, and that it accepts that as confirmation, of course, that the federal government has the right to work in this realm. That is exactly what it said. However, the federal government can do that only in its lane. Effectively, 11 sections of the bill, out of 168 sections, are where the government actually has a lane. The Supreme Court does want the federal government to go back and refine that. That is what the government seems to be ignoring at this point in time. The best thing to do is to be surgical about this, amputate most of the bill, as people say, and go forward with making things capable of being built in Canada so we have an economy in this country again.
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