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Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22

Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)

Nov/17/22 10:23:36 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-32

Mr. Speaker, there is a major shortfall in this fall economic statement. Over $30 billion a year goes to overseas tax havens on behalf of the corporations that are benefiting the most from greedflation and the ultrarich. Of the $30 billion, the federal Liberal government has decided to claw back about $600 million, about 2% of the $30 billion. Of course, as we well know, that $30 billion would be one of the top five expenditures of the federal government. It means that seniors, students, people with disabilities and families are shortchanged, in terms of the benefits and supports that they could be getting. Why are the Liberals refusing to crack down on massive tax evasions, tax loopholes and overseas tax havens that cost Canadians over $30 billion a year?

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Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22

Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)

Nov/17/22 10:38:20 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-32

Mr. Speaker, the member focused a lot on rising crime. I was in the House, as were many members, when the former Harper government destroyed the network of national crime prevention centres. That made no sense at all because, as we know, one dollar invested in crime prevention saves six dollars in policing costs, court costs and prison costs, yet the Harper government, reprehensibly, absolutely destroyed the network of national crime prevention centres that did such good work in preventing crime across the country. The Conservatives would be right to criticize the Liberals for not re-establishing those crime prevention centres, but the reality is that Conservatives wear the fact that they destroyed the bulwark against crime in this country. Why did the former Harper government and the Conservatives destroy the national crime prevention network that did such great work in preventing crime in our communities?

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Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22

Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)

Nov/17/22 1:45:51 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-32

Madam Speaker, I respect my colleague a lot, but in the fall economic update, we have this incredibly irresponsible approach by the Liberal government. As members know, $30 billion every year goes to overseas tax havens and tax evasion. Large corporations, some of the ones that have profited the most from greedflation, and the ultrarich benefit enormously. What the Liberals did in the fall economic statement was close, of that $30 billion, a scant 2%. They are continuing to allow 98% of it to go offshore and to go to tax evasion. I want a comment from my colleague, whom I have a lot of respect for. How can he tolerate, as a Liberal member of Parliament, the Liberals giving 98% freedom to take money overseas through tax loopholes and overseas tax havens?

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Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22

Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)

Nov/17/22 2:29:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, across the country, access to pediatric health care is in crisis. Children's hospitals are overwhelmed. In Quebec, sick kids have had to be transferred 150 kilometres away from their home to get care. In Saskatchewan, a four-year old girl with cancer had to wait 20 hours in the emergency room for a bed to free up in the hospital's pediatric unit. When will the Liberals take action to get care for our children who desperately need it? Are they going to do something for Christ's sake?

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