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House Hansard - 315

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 22, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 315 - May/22/24
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • May/22/24 10:48:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague. I will not say “my friend” because after his disgraceful speech earlier, I do not know if I will ever be able to call him that again. I will say a couple of things. First, we do not have the lowest debt-to-GDP ratio. We have the lowest net, but that includes if the government were planning on raiding the CPP. The truth is that we do not have the lowest; Germany actually does. The government should stop misinforming Canadians. Second, regarding spending, at the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Revenue Canada told us it begged the government to leave fencing for all of the money being given out. We heard from Bill Morneau. Instead, the government made a political decision to override the finance minister and CRA on protecting Canadians. What happened was that we ended up with the Auditor General's saying that about $27 billion, at the bare minimum, of taxpayers' money went to companies and individuals that did not qualify for the money. That is the result of the government's playing politics instead of following the advice of the then finance minister or the Canada Revenue Agency, for political reasons.
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