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House Hansard - 176

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 30, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 176 - Mar/30/23
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Mar/30/23 2:47:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have a great deal of respect for my colleague, but I think he skipped part of the budget yesterday. One of the key measures will help Canadians with the cost of living. The much-discussed grocery rebate will help more than 11 million Canadians across the country. For those watching at home, the Conservatives are going to vote against assistance for Canadians. That is what is shameful.
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Context: House Hansard - 176 - Mar/30/23
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Mar/30/23 2:50:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is a bit rich for my colleague to criticize this government when, at the time, what we did was the responsible thing. The responsible thing we did at the time was to invest in a different family of vaccines. Why? It was to protect the lives of Canadians. Since that moment, we have invested a record amount of money in Canada to make sure that we have onshore biomanufacturing. Do members know why? We did not choose to have a pandemic and we are not going to choose to have another one, but we choose to be better prepared to save the lives of Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 176 - Mar/30/23
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Mar/30/23 2:56:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Louis‑Saint‑Laurent, for whom I have a great deal of respect. In addition to having listened to entrepreneurs, we have listened to all Canadians. Canadians are asking us to do three things: help them with the cost of living, invest in health and build an economic future that will foster prosperity and clean jobs for the future. I can assure my colleague from Louis‑Saint‑Laurent that Canadian entrepreneurs are looking at our plan and its different credits and seeing that we are headed to a green economy. That is the best way to create jobs for today and the future.
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