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House Hansard - 26

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 8, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 26 - Feb/8/22
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • Feb/8/22 2:54:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we do not need any lectures from the Conservatives about helping the most vulnerable Canadians cope with the cost of living. We created the Canada child benefit, which is indexed to inflation and has brought 300,000 children out of poverty. Our government increased the guaranteed income supplement, which is also indexed to inflation and which has helped more than 900,000 seniors.
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Context: House Hansard - 26 - Feb/8/22
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • Feb/8/22 2:55:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives are at it again with their false economic narrative. The fact is, Canada is resilient, and our economy is strongly recovering from the COVID‑19 recession. Our GDP grew 5.4% in the third quarter, outperforming the U.S., Japan, the U.K. and Australia.
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Context: House Hansard - 26 - Feb/8/22
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • Feb/8/22 2:56:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our government will take no lessons from the Conservatives when it comes to supporting the most vulnerable Canadians. It was our government that introduced the CCB, which is indexed for inflation and which has already lifted almost 300,000 children out of poverty. It is our government that increased the GIS. That is also indexed to inflation, and it has helped over 900,000 seniors. When we formed government in 2015, more than five million Canadians lived in poverty. By 2019, that number had dropped to 3.7 million.
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Context: House Hansard - 26 - Feb/8/22
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • Feb/8/22 3:09:04 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-2 
Mr. Speaker, it is really time for the Conservatives to pick a lane and decide what side they are on when it comes to the big issues facing our country. Half of their questions are about how there is too much government spending and how our government should not be supporting Canadian businesses. In fact, these are the Conservatives who voted against Bill C-2, which provided much-needed lockdown support. I now hear from them that there should be more support. It really is the party of flip-flop.
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Context: House Hansard - 26 - Feb/8/22
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • Feb/8/22 3:14:15 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-2 
Mr. Speaker, I agree that every single lost job is a Canadian tragedy. That is why I am so pleased that, even after the jobs lost in the necessary omicron lockdowns, Canada has recovered 101% of the jobs lost in the depth of COVID compared to just 87% in the U.S. When it comes to support for workers, I would like to say, with the deepest possible respect, that workers are getting support today because of Bill C-2, which I am sorry to say the NDP voted against.
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