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House Hansard - 75

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 19, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. Dan Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, CPC)
  • May/19/22 2:31:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the last time we saw the price of groceries jump 10% was in 1981, when another big tax-and-spend Liberal prime minister was in office. What was his name again? It is like déjà vu. Doug Porter, the chief economist at BMO, said that inflation “is spreading much more broadly, and at clear risk of getting firmly entrenched”. Will the Liberal government acknowledge today that its big tax-and-spend policies are entrenching inflation? When will it start to address the cost-of-living crisis that we are in?
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Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. Alain Rayes (Richmond—Arthabaska, CPC)
  • May/19/22 2:33:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday we learned that inflation has reached 6.8%. The last time it was that high was 31 years ago in 1991. This year, Canadians are paying 10% more for groceries than they did last year, and that is not to mention skyrocketing gas prices. Will the Liberal government take real action now to address the rising cost of living that all Canadians are currently experiencing?
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Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. Alain Rayes (Richmond—Arthabaska, CPC)
  • May/19/22 2:35:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, inflation keeps going up and the government keeps doing nothing about it. Gas prices across the country were at over $2 a litre this morning and the price of diesel keeps going up. It is 35¢ more than it was just a month ago. This is having a direct impact on the cost of transportation, which automatically affects the cost of consumer goods, including groceries, which everyone needs. I will repeat my question. Will the government get its hands out of its pockets, start working for Canadians and lower the cost of living for once and for all?
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