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House Hansard - 27

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 9, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 27 - Feb/9/22
Ms. Ruby Sahota (deputy government whip, Lib.)
  • Feb/9/22 5:05:16 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Mr. Speaker, I thought I could agree with a lot of aspects of the hon. member's speech. We need to work on housing across party lines. However, near the end of his speech, I started hearing the rhetoric we constantly hear from the opposition. He is labelling the leader of this country as the one who is cranking up the rhetoric, but I would argue it is really coming from the other side. Canadians are onside with getting vaccinated. If we were not united, we would not have the great numbers we have. Canada has done so well through this pandemic, and it is because of the leadership that has been shown by the Prime Minister and by this government. Would the member not agree that Canadians are on board with health measures, that Canadians want to be safe and that Canadians want consistent messaging from their government?
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Context: House Hansard - 27 - Feb/9/22
Ms. Ruby Sahota (Brampton North, Lib.)
  • Feb/9/22 5:20:09 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague talked a lot about the housing issue but has not mentioned anything about how supply has decreased during COVID-19. He talked a lot about government spending but has not talked about why that spending was necessary. I would like to know which of the benefits the member would have liked to see cut. Does he not agree with the business supports? Does he not agree with supporting seniors? There are measures in this bill as well that would help curb the buying of homes and residential properties. Does he not agree with that? Inflation is not just a problem here in Canada but is a global problem right now. The supply chain is the main reason for causing this problem. I would like the member to give me his comments on that.
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Context: House Hansard - 27 - Feb/9/22
Ms. Ruby Sahota (Brampton North, Lib.)
  • Feb/9/22 5:35:21 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Madam Speaker, I found my colleague's speech to be quite interesting. First, I am a person of faith as well, and she thanks God for the rapid tests and vaccines this country has now procured. I know she was a big critic on whether we would be able to do all of those things.
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Context: House Hansard - 27 - Feb/9/22
Ms. Ruby Sahota (Brampton North, Lib.)
  • Feb/9/22 5:35:21 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
I would say that we should be thanking the government for being able to manage in such difficult times. We were able to procure more than enough vaccines for our country. I know that this member was basically demanding that the government provide rapid tests to all the provinces. We did so. This fiscal update provides all of those measures. It provides for ventilation in schools. It asks, and we did ask, the provinces what they need. They needed funding to create vaccine passports at the time. They needed supports for their businesses. This fiscal update would do all of those things. I am a little tired of hearing, from the opposition, these extreme ideas. At the very beginning of the pandemic, the opposition members were saying to shut down all borders immediately. Now they want us to open—
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