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House Hansard - 129

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 17, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22
Hon. Mike Lake (Edmonton—Wetaskiwin, CPC)
  • Nov/17/22 12:51:06 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Madam Speaker, like so many Liberals, the hon. member was very excited to list off all the spending that the government is doing. I want to ask a question about the Trudeau legacy. There is a lot of economic disaster in the Trudeau legacy, which gets confusing at times, but back in the 1970s and 1980s—
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Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22
Hon. Mike Lake
  • Nov/17/22 12:51:58 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Madam Speaker, I understand the Liberals' confusion when I mention “economic disaster”. They have a hard time understanding which Liberal government we are talking about, but—
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Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22
Hon. Mike Lake
  • Nov/17/22 12:52:30 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Madam Speaker, we can debate all day which Liberal government was more of an economic disaster, but right now I am talking about the former Trudeau government of the 1970s that ran deficits 14 out of 15 years, and then a generation later had to slash tens of billions of dollars, $35 billion in fact, in health care, education and social services funding. It also had the lowest level of international development spending in Canadian history. I am wondering if the hon. member wants to tell me whether anybody on her side in the Liberal caucus ever reflects on the potential for that situation to reoccur.
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