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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23

Mr. Philip Lawrence (Northumberland—Peterborough South, CPC)

Mar/27/23 2:19:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the Liberal Prime Minister's inflationary taxes and deficit spending, it no longer pays to work in Canada. One in five Canadians are skipping meals, and many are going to food banks just to survive. February marks the seventh consecutive month of double-digit food inflation. Rent and mortgage payments have doubled under the Liberal Prime Minister, and the dream of home ownership is quickly becoming a nightmare for many young people in this great country. A Conservative government would bring home powerful paycheques with lower taxes, so that hard work would pay off once again; bring home lower prices by ending inflationary carbon tax and deficit spending, which drive up inflation and create higher interest rates; and bring homes to Canadians that they could afford by removing government gatekeepers, freeing up land and speeding up building permits. Enough is enough. It is time to make Canada work for those who do the work.

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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23

Mr. Philip Lawrence (Northumberland—Peterborough South, CPC)

Mar/27/23 2:52:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, earlier this month, the governor of the Bank of Canada warned that the recent pause on interest rates was dependent on limited government spending. Excuse my skepticism, but Conservatives know of, and Canadians have witnessed, record uncontrolled deficit spending. Will the government, in tomorrow's budget, commit to no new spending, or will it continue its reckless tax-and-spend policy, risking higher inflation and more interest rate hikes?

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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23

Mr. Philip Lawrence (Northumberland—Peterborough South, CPC)

Mar/27/23 2:53:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Conservatives know that every dollar the government spends is another dollar out of Canadians' pockets. That is a dollar that could have been spent on groceries, as Canadians line up for food banks. That is a dollar that could have been spent on a down payment on a new house. Instead, Canadians are struggling to pay their rent. When will the government finally give Canadians a break and reduce the taxes on carbon, beer, wine and spirits? Will the government finally commit to no new taxes in tomorrow's budget?

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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23

Mr. Philip Lawrence (Northumberland—Peterborough South, CPC)

Mar/27/23 8:48:20 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-11

Mr. Speaker, unlike the member I heard earlier, I am burdened with a legal education from the best law school in Canada, Osgoode Hall Law School. I very much enjoyed the member's speech. My question is about what she said when she was talking about the freedom to speak but not necessarily the freedom to be heard. My understanding is that this would give the CRTC the ability to control algorithms, thus potentially burying comments, perhaps like burying a comment that was called out on Twitter for not being truthful, like the member for Kingston and the Islands. Would the member be worried that the content by the member for Kingston and the Islands might be buried?

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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23

Mr. Philip Lawrence (Northumberland—Peterborough South, CPC)

Mar/27/23 8:48:20 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-11

Mr. Speaker, unlike the member I heard earlier, I am burdened with a legal education from the best law school in Canada, Osgoode Hall Law School. I very much enjoyed the member's speech. My question is about what she said when she was talking about the freedom to speak but not necessarily the freedom to be heard. My understanding is that this would give the CRTC the ability to control algorithms, thus potentially burying comments, perhaps like burying a comment that was called out on Twitter for not being truthful, like the member for Kingston and the Islands. Would the member be worried that the content by the member for Kingston and the Islands might be buried?

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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23

Mr. Philip Lawrence (Northumberland—Peterborough South, CPC)

Mar/27/23 11:08:02 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-11

Madam Speaker, here is a little late-night levity, maybe, to bring a smile to everyone's face. To the member, does it make him scared that this bill would twist the arms of Canadians to watch what bureaucrats want them to watch? Would it make some providers feel like they are “locked in the trunk of a car”, and does he believe Conservatives “are ahead by a century” on Bill C-11?

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