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House Hansard - 42

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 21, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 42 - Mar/21/22
Hon. Ed Fast (Abbotsford, CPC)
  • Mar/21/22 2:30:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, ever since this finance minister took charge, the cost of living has skyrocketed. Inflation is at a 30-year high. We know Canadians are struggling to balance their own budgets, and paycheques do not go as far as they used to. The cost of everything is out of control, including gas, groceries and housing, yet the minister does not seem to care. Things are not getting better for Canadians. They are getting worse. When will the minister tell Canadians how she plans to fight inflation, and when will she table her next budget?
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Context: House Hansard - 42 - Mar/21/22
Hon. Ed Fast (Abbotsford, CPC)
  • Mar/21/22 2:32:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the question was for the finance minister. Inflation is raging across our country and Canadians are being left behind. The cost of everything is skyrocketing. I mentioned gas, groceries and the price of home heating. Worse yet, millions of Canadians have lost their dream of home ownership as house prices spiral out of control, yet the minister does not seem to care. When will she finally tell Canadians what she plans to do about the affordability crisis, and when will she table a budget?
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Context: House Hansard - 42 - Mar/21/22
Hon. Ed Fast (Abbotsford, CPC)
  • Mar/21/22 3:30:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, generally I work hard and the Conservative members of this committee work hard to secure consensus reports, but in this case that was impossible for a number of reasons. First, this report involves recommendations for tens of billions of dollars of spending for which no prioritization process was applied, none whatsoever. What is worse is that this was not placed within the context of balanced budgets. There was no spending restraint strategy attached to it. On top of that, this whole report is going to set Canada way back. These recommendations were adopted uncritically by the Liberal, the NDP and the Bloc members of this committee. For that reason, we had to issue a dissenting report, which highlights the importance of being fiscally prudent within a balanced budget.
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Context: House Hansard - 42 - Mar/21/22
Hon. Ed Fast (Abbotsford, CPC)
  • Mar/21/22 4:52:49 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague did lament the fact that somehow some of the parties in the House are not supporting NDP motions or initiatives. The problem is that, whenever the NDP brings forward a motion, it always has poison pills in it that force us, as Conservatives, to vote against these motions. For example, on this motion we are debating today, I believe there is a consensus in the House to support a beneficial ownership registry. We all support that. However, of course the NDP plugs in taxes and more taxes that all trickle down to the consumer. I am going to ask my colleague from British Columbia why it is that the NDP has this proclivity to undermine its own policy initiatives by adding things it knows we will not and cannot support. It seems counterintuitive that if it wants something to come through that it would do that.
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