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House Hansard - 170

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 21, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 170 - Mar/21/23
Hon. Karina Gould (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)
  • Mar/21/23 2:57:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, first of all, it is Canadians who decide who is in government and not Conservative members of Parliament. However, let us be clear that 2.7 million fewer Canadians are in poverty today than when the Conservatives were in government. When it comes to supporting Canadians, we have been there, whether it is supporting children with the Canada child benefit, supporting seniors with the guaranteed income supplement, increasing the GIS or old age security for those over 75 or the Canada workers benefit. In fact, when it comes to supporting food banks, our government has been there. We are there through the community support services recovery fund. We are going to be there for Canadians, and we are going to be there for the organizations—
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Context: House Hansard - 170 - Mar/21/23
Hon. Karina Gould (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)
  • Mar/21/23 3:09:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, first, this situation is completely unacceptable, and I would like to thank the member opposite and the citizen involved for turning in these documents. As soon as I heard about this, I asked the department to do an investigation to make sure that it does not happen again. I can assure the member that this is completely unacceptable. We are responding appropriately and effectively.
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