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House Hansard - 182

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 21, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 182 - Apr/21/23
Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette, BQ)
  • Apr/21/23 10:11:30 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. parliamentary secretary, with whom I have the pleasure and privilege of working on the Standing Committee on Finance. The Bloc Québécois was very concerned about one aspect of the most recent budget, and that is the employment insurance fund. We saw that the government was choosing to make contributors, workers and unemployed workers pay off the pandemic-related deficits. We are talking about $15 billion, in addition to $2 billion from last year. We can see from the budget implementation bill introduced yesterday that the government is electing not to do anything about that and to make workers and unemployed workers pay by taking a total of $17 billion out of their pockets for an insurance plan that does not work. How does my hon. colleague justify that decision?
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Apr/21/23 10:54:40 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
The amendment is in order. The hon. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Tourism .
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Context: House Hansard - 182 - Apr/21/23
The Deputy Speaker
  • Apr/21/23 11:43:55 a.m.
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We should be judicious in our words. The hon. parliamentary secretary.
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Context: House Hansard - 182 - Apr/21/23
The Deputy Speaker
I think that intervention is more of an interesting point of debate. The hon. parliamentary secretary has six minutes left.
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