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House Hansard - 173

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 27, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/27/23 2:22:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the Prime Minister, there is a war on work with his taxes and other clawbacks. Workers can lose 88¢ on each additional dollar earned. There is no common sense in that. It is the opposite of a report card: The harder people work, the more they are punished. Will the Prime Minister end his war on work by cutting taxes so that hard work pays off once again?
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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/27/23 2:23:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what we voted against is the Prime Minister's war on work, with higher and higher taxes and clawbacks that punish people for working hard. In fact, a worker can lose as much as 88¢ on the next dollar that he or she earns. There is no common sense in that. Why would people work more just to give it over to the Prime Minister? Will the Prime Minister reverse his antiwork taxes and give Canadians a break, so that hard work pays off and Canadians can bring home powerful paycheques?
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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/27/23 2:24:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the only place he has been is in the pockets of Canadian workers, taking away their money. He has raised taxes on paycheques, raised taxes on gas, raised taxes on home heating, raised taxes on food and raised taxes on small businesses. What does he want to do this Saturday? He wants to raise taxes again. Inflation is at a 40-year high. After eight years under the Prime Minister, Canadians cannot afford to eat, heat and house themselves. Will he show a little bit of restraint and commit, in tomorrow's budget, to no new taxes?
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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/27/23 2:25:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the trickle-down is his. He wants to take away everybody's money, centralize it in his own hands and promise that it will trickle down through his mighty bureaucracy and all the prodigious interest groups that gobble it up. There may be a few little drops that get down to the people who actually earned it in the first place. When I first said that deficits would cause inflation, all the experts disagreed. Now they all agree with me. In fact, even the finance minister has now come around to my view, admitting that deficit spending causes inflation. That is why people are paying more than at any time in 40 years. Will he cap government spending and put an end to the inflationary deficits tomorrow?
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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/27/23 2:27:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the worst part of his inflationary policies is in the price of housing. We see that now Vancouver is the third-worst housing bubble in the world. Toronto is the 10th. They are worse than Manhattan; Singapore; London, England; and countless other places. The average required down payments, rents and mortgage payments have doubled under the Prime Minister. His inflationary policies have made life worse, and his gatekeeping friends prevent housing construction. Will the Prime Minister announce in tomorrow's budget serious penalties for the gatekeepers that drive up housing prices so that hard-working Canadians can have homes they can afford?
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