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House Hansard - 321

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 30, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • May/30/24 10:53:30 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I find this to be the most extraordinary opposition day we have ever had. It is a bunch of hot air. This is a horrible show of populism. These taxes represent $1.3 billion for the three months during which the Leader of the Opposition wants them waived. How would he make up for this $1.3-billion shortfall? Would he make cuts, or would he simply add to Canadians' debt?
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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • May/30/24 4:21:17 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the numbers that I just shared substantiate that. There are record levels of debt, record levels of deficit and record amounts being spent on consultants. As I have said time and time again in this House, the government takes and takes with one hand and gives a tiny bit back with the other, tiny scraps of what it takes. The member is just trying to perpetuate a mistruth.
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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24
Mr. Jacques Gourde
  • May/30/24 8:00:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my colleague, who was here when I was part of an excellent Conservative government, that the national debt was around $500 billion. It is now over $1.25 trillion. That alone is costing Canadians an enormous amount. Right now, the Liberals are spending more on debt interest than on health transfers. We are paying a huge amount of interest. The 7% that we pay on goods and services goes toward paying the debt instead of toward health care. That is because the NDP is forcing the Liberals to overspend.
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