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House Hansard - 331

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 13, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 331 - Jun/13/24
Mr. Dave Epp (Chatham-Kent—Leamington, CPC)
  • Jun/13/24 7:32:31 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague bookended his speech with a truism quote from Margaret Thatcher. I have been wrestling with another quote, one that comes from Napoleon Bonaparte, who said we should never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be attributed to incompetence. I wrestle with this. On the one hand, we have all of the spending scandals, the corruption and the crime that the government has inflicted upon the budgets and our economy. On the other hand, we see, through the capital gains measures it has proposed, the incompetence of that piece of legislation. Could my hon. colleague comment on whether this is competence, incompetence, conspiracy, corruption or any other C he can think of?
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Context: House Hansard - 331 - Jun/13/24
Mr. Dave Epp (Chatham-Kent—Leamington, CPC)
  • Jun/13/24 8:14:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in his intervention, the member referenced the spending of people's money. I understand that to the extent of present Canadian taxpayers. We can talk about the amounts, but my question is about the present federal debt of $1.255 million and the ongoing deficits. Who are the people whose money is being spent? My four children are all taxpaying citizens right now. Is he referring to my grandchildren who are not paying taxes yet? Are those the people he is referring to?
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Context: House Hansard - 331 - Jun/13/24
Mr. Dave Epp (Chatham-Kent—Leamington, CPC)
  • Jun/13/24 8:33:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in the beginning few moments of the member's interventions, he lauded the history of provincial NDP governments when it came to fiscal responsibility. I have a simple question for him. Would that history include the record of the 1990-95 Bob Rae government in Ontario, as I lived through that period?
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