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Mel Arnold

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • North Okanagan—Shuswap
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 65%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $117,514.07

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Context: House Hansard - 333 - Jun/17/24
Mr. Mel Arnold (North Okanagan—Shuswap, CPC)
  • Jun/17/24 8:09:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member comes from a beautiful part of the province, but not as beautiful as North Okanagan—Shuswap. I would like to ask the member what his thoughts are about the $60 billion in additional debt that this budget is going to be passing on to future Canadians. Members in his riding, just the same as in mine and in every riding across the country, are going to be forced to pay the debt and the interest payments, which will now overcome what we actually do in health care transfers to the province. How does he justify passing that debt on to future generations?
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Context: House Hansard - 233 - Oct/17/23
Mr. Mel Arnold (North Okanagan—Shuswap, CPC)
  • Oct/17/23 5:03:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this question would apply to any member of the House. After eight years, we have seen that the Prime Minister has added more to the national debt than all prime ministers in the past. However, I would like to take us back to just over 40 years ago, when the Prime Minister's father was prime minister and was running out-of-control deficits and inflation was out of control. When he rolled through my town in North Okanagan—Shuswap, he gave the one-finger salute to a few previous Liberal supporters who were standing on the railway platform protesting his car when it stopped. I would ask the member if she believes there is any difference between that prime minister, who rang up deficits and inflation so incredibly, and the current Prime Minister, or if this one really does not care and is simply not worth the cost.
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