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House Hansard - 68

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 10, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 68 - May/10/22
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/10/22 2:34:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our government absolutely understands the affordability challenge that so many Canadians are facing. That is why our budget includes a number of measures to help Canadians with affordability: dental care, doubling support provided to the first-time homebuyers' tax credit, introducing a multi-generational home renovation tax credit and a $500 payment for people facing housing affordability challenges.
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Context: House Hansard - 68 - May/10/22
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/10/22 2:35:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me start by saying that our government absolutely understands the affordability challenges that too many Canadian families are facing today. That is why, since we formed government in 2015, we have been working hard to support Canadian families. We created the Canada child benefit, which is indexed to inflation. Thanks to that benefit, a single mother with two children will receive up to $13,600. We are increasing the OAS by 10%, and for early learning and child care, fees will be reduced by half by the end of this year.
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Context: House Hansard - 68 - May/10/22
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/10/22 2:36:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from the Conservatives when it comes to supporting the most vulnerable Canadians with the cost of living. It was our government that introduced the CCB, indexed to inflation, and it lifted more than 300,000 children out of poverty. We increased the GIS, also indexed to inflation, and it has helped over 900,000 seniors. When we formed government in 2015, nearly 5.2 million Canadians were living in poverty. By 2019, the last year for which data is available, that number had dropped to 3.8 million.
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Context: House Hansard - 68 - May/10/22
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/10/22 2:37:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to reiterate that our government understands the affordability crisis that so many Canadian families are facing. That is why we have taken major steps in the budget to help Canadians with the cost of living, including providing dental care to Canadians, doubling the first‑time home buyers' tax credit and providing a one‑time payment of $500 to people facing housing accessibility challenges.
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Context: House Hansard - 68 - May/10/22
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/10/22 3:09:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, yet again, the Conservatives seem to be criticizing a budget that they imagined rather than the budget we actually delivered. I would urge them to maybe read the National Post, which described the budget we delivered as “prudent and responsible” and pointed out that “the efforts to expand Canada’s productive capacity and hold the line on spending are welcome, as are the new commitments to defence spending.”
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