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44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 3, 2021 10:00AM
  • Dec/3/21 11:22:04 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, over the past six years, and in particular in more recent months and years, the Liberal government has been spending a lot of money, printing a lot of money, and borrowing a lot of money. As a result, Canada is now dealing with 4.7% inflation, the worst inflation crisis we have seen since 2003. Canadian families are the ones footing the bill, given that the cost of living keeps rising under this Liberal government. Could the government commit to doing one very simple and very responsible thing and control its spending?
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  • Dec/3/21 11:23:25 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I invite my colleague to go to a food bank and repeat what he said about everything going very well. No, families are suffering more and paying more, and that is the reality for all Canadian families. In my riding, the charitable organization Amélie et Frédérick has noticed a large increase of 25% in requests for food hampers. That is the true face of Canada's inflation. This morning, André Larose, the executive director of Amélie et Frédérick, said, “Yesterday's donors are today's beneficiaries”. Is the government prepared to help—
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  • Dec/3/21 12:07:35 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. During Oral Questions, the member for Kelowna—Lake Country, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, said the following in response to my colleague's question: “I think the member is misleading in her question.” All members here, and especially the minister, know that we cannot accuse or suspect a member of misleading the House. The minister is an honourable man, so I encourage him to act with the dignity befitting his position, especially since he spent the entire question period sitting in the Deputy Prime Minister's chair.
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