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House Hansard - 183

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 24, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 183 - Apr/24/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Senate), Lib.)
  • Apr/24/23 1:33:09 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Madam Speaker, I have heard the hon. member repeat what I have heard a number of Conservatives repeat, which is, apparently, that they had three demands of things to be seen in the budget before they would agree to vote in favour of the budget. This member mentioned it. A number of Conservative members prior have mentioned it. The only problem with that is that, the day before the budget was introduced, the deputy leader of the Conservative Party, the member for Thornhill, during question period, said that Conservatives would not be supporting the budget. Nobody knew what was in the budget at that point. As a matter of fact, it is against the rules of the House for anybody to have known that, yet, somehow, the member for Thornhill, the deputy leader of the Conservative Party, knew enough to know that those three items would not be in the budget. This just leads me to assume that, really, Conservatives are just playing games with words here. They never intended to support the budget, regardless of their demands. I am wondering if the member can provide some insight into that.
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Context: House Hansard - 183 - Apr/24/23
Mr. Eric Melillo
  • Apr/24/23 1:34:20 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Madam Speaker, I have not heard from my colleague in a while in this chamber, so I appreciate his intervention. The question gives me the opportunity to highlight the fact that the three demands we had were not met. We asked for a cap on government spending to help rein in inflation, and the government is adding billions of dollars in debt. We asked for taxes to be lowered on Canadians, and the government is raising taxes. We asked for a plan to get homes built by speeding up building permits and looking at ways to free up land and federal buildings for development, and that is not in this budget. That is why we are not supporting it.
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Context: House Hansard - 183 - Apr/24/23
Hon. Mona Fortier (President of the Treasury Board, Lib.)
  • Apr/24/23 2:30:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, right now, our team is working long and hard to negotiate new collective agreements that are fair, competitive and reasonable. This round of negotiations has been very difficult. The union came to the table with 570 demands. I am proud to say that there are only a handful left on the table. We need to find a balance between what is fair for employees and what is reasonable for Canadians. That is what we are currently doing with the offer that is on the table.
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Context: House Hansard - 183 - Apr/24/23
Hon. Mona Fortier (President of the Treasury Board, Lib.)
  • Apr/24/23 2:58:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are currently at the table. We are negotiating with the Public Service Alliance of Canada. A great deal of progress has been made. We must remember that there were 570 demands at the outset. A few are remaining and we will get there. We will reach a fair and reasonable agreement for Canadians.
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