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Ken Hardie

  • Member of Parliament
  • Liberal
  • Fleetwood—Port Kells
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 64%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $167,061.40

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Context: House Hansard - 333 - Jun/17/24
Mr. Ken Hardie (Fleetwood—Port Kells, Lib.)
  • Jun/17/24 10:19:40 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I think the hon. member's comments give rise to that old saying that we can put all the accountants end to end, and they will never reach a conclusion. I wanted to quote a few things from the International Monetary Fund and get the hon member's reaction to that. It says, “Canada's fiscal track record continues to compare favourably to many other advanced economies.... Debt remains low in international comparison”. It also says, “The increase in the capital gains inclusion rate improves the tax system's neutrality with respect to different forms of capital income and is likely to have no significant impact on investment or productivity growth.” That does not suggest that things are going to go to hell in a handbasket. I am just wondering, with what the hon. member has read and with what I have just mentioned, if there is some kind of disconnect that she could explain.
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