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House Hansard - 149

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
January 30, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • Jan/30/23 2:36:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know that many Canadians are facing real challenges, and that is why our government is there to help with a plan that is compassionate and fiscally responsible. Here is what we are doing: doubling the GST, providing $500 to people who are facing challenges paying their rent, providing dental care to Canadian kids, eliminating the interest on Canada student loans and improving the Canada workers benefit. The Conservatives voted against all of those essential measures.
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Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • Jan/30/23 2:37:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let us talk for a minute about what the Conservatives would do to Canadians and the Canadian economy. The Conservatives are proposing to eviscerate our essential EI system. The Conservatives would endanger seniors' pensions and the CPP. The Conservatives would make pollution free again. The Conservatives would deny Canadian families climate incentive cheques. Those are all Conservative policies, and they would all hurt Canadians in their pocketbooks.
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Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • Jan/30/23 2:38:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if the Conservatives really believed in supporting those Canadians who are having the hardest time paying their rent, they should have supported our plan to give those people $500 to help. The best way to pay one's rent and to pay one's mortgage is to have a job, and that is why our government has been relentlessly focused on job creation. There were 100,000 jobs created in December alone. Today we have recovered 121% of the jobs lost to COVID compared to just 106% in the United States.
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Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • Jan/30/23 2:39:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives continue to talk down the Canadian economy. That is reckless and that is irresponsible. We know Canadians need support. That is why we have a plan that is compassionate, but it is also fiscally responsible. That is why just hours after we tabled the fall economic statement, Moody's reaffirmed our AAA credit rating. Canada has the lowest deficit in the G7, the lowest debt-to-GDP ratio and, in 2022, Canada had the strongest economic growth.
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Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • Jan/30/23 2:52:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our government is absolutely committed to ensuring that everyone pays his or her fair share in Canada. That is why our government implemented a 15% COVID recovery dividend levied on our largest banks and insurance companies. That is why our government has introduced a permanent 1.5% tax on the largest banks and insurance companies in Canada. That is why we are implementing a 2% tax on share buybacks. That is why we have put in place a luxury tax on planes, yachts and cars.
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