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House Hansard - 314

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 21, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/21/24 2:27:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am so pleased that the Conservative leader brought up inflation, because it gives me the opportunity to give Canadians some great news. In April, the inflation rate went down to 2.7%. That is the lowest it has been in three years. It is all thanks to our fiscally responsible plan.
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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/21/24 2:28:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservative leader has quite proudly and publicly called for the Governor of the Bank of Canada to be fired. Maybe it is the Conservative leader who should lose his job because he just revealed his astonishing ignorance of the Bank of Canada's inflation target. The Bank of Canada has a target of between 1% and 3%. For four months in a row, inflation in Canada has been within that target. That is good news for Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/21/24 2:30:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the reality is that the Conservative leader is the one who is totally incompetent. The only thing he knows how to do is to criticize Canada, criticize Canadians and criticize our wonderful country. The fact is that the inflation rate has come down to 2.7%. That is a huge success for our country. Every member should be pleased.
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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/21/24 2:31:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is clear that the Conservative leader is in a grouchy mood today. I think we all know why. The only thing he knows how to do is talk down Canada. What he just cannot bear is the reality that, thanks to our fiscally responsible economic plan, inflation is at a three-year low. Inflation has been within the Bank of Canada's target rate for four months in a row. That is good news for Canada and Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/21/24 2:32:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservative leader is wearing more makeup than I am today. Now, I think it is wonderful— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/21/24 2:33:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am sorry. I withdraw that comment. The fact is that the Conservative leader is phony all the way through. He is phony when it comes to his concern about the economy. All he can do is talk our country down. He is also phony when he talks about his concern about the opioid crisis. He tries to score cheap partisan points. It is just not right.
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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/21/24 2:35:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I really want to thank the member for her question. Our government and I, personally, understand that French is in decline in Montreal, Quebec and across the country. I must tell the member opposite, however, that I do not find this situation amusing. For me, this is no joke. The Quebec nation is so important to us. The French language is so important.
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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/21/24 2:36:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the French language, whether in Montreal, Quebec or anywhere else in Canada, is very important to our government. We understand that the French language is in decline, and we will always support the French language, as well as the Quebec and French culture throughout Canada.
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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/21/24 2:37:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada respects the independence of the International Criminal Court. Canada condemns the terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7. Canada calls for an immediate ceasefire and deplores the humanitarian tragedy. Canada believes it is absolutely wrong to equate the terrorist leaders of Hamas with Israel.
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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/21/24 2:38:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada respects the independence of the International Criminal Court. Canada condemns the terrorist attack of October 7. Canada calls for an immediate ceasefire. Canada has made it clear that it is absolutely wrong to equate the terrorist leaders of Hamas with Israel.
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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/21/24 2:40:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am so glad that the Conservatives are raising questions about the cost of living and the lives of Canadians, because it gives me an opportunity to point out that inflation was 2.7% in April. That is the fourth month in a row that inflation has been within the Bank of Canada's target range. For 15 months now, wage increases have been outpacing inflation. That helps Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/21/24 2:46:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am really astonished by the gall of the Conservatives. They have the temerity to talk about the road trips of regular Canadians, when they racked up a charge of $426,283 in Canadians' money travelling to their own convention. The member for Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola was one of the Conservatives who charged regular Canadians to go to his convention. That is not right.
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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/21/24 2:56:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have an economic plan that is fair for all Canadians, for every generation. We understand that, in order to fund this plan in a fiscally responsible manner, we need to ask the wealthiest Canadians to pay a bit more. That is what our government is doing. The question should really go to the Conservatives, who are opposed to our plan. The Conservatives are the ones who are against a fair plan.
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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/21/24 2:57:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our government has put forward a plan for fairness for every generation, a plan to invest in housing, in affordability and in economic growth. We have done it in a fiscally responsible way because we know inflation has to come down, so that interest rates can come down. To do that, we are asking those who are the most successful in our amazing country to contribute a little bit more. That is tax fairness. We support it. The party that opposes it is the Conservatives.
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