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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23

Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)

Apr/27/23 10:23:47 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague, who I appreciate a lot, mentioned the hard-working public servants who are part of the Public Service Alliance of Canada. We see them across the length and breadth of the country working hard every day on behalf of Canadians. We have seen, sadly, from studies that came out just a few days ago, that they really have not had a wage increase since the beginning of the Harper regime, which is nearly 15 years ago. They are still earning the same wages, comparatively, as they did then if we take into account inflation. What they are asking for is very reasonable, but I have yet to see the member for Carleton or any member of the Conservative caucus join in solidarity with those hard-working public servants. I contrast that vividly with when the convoy took over downtown Ottawa and caused such misery. Families were cut off from being able to sleep, seniors were cut off from their groceries, people with disabilities were cut off from their medications and Conservative MPs were all over that. The public service and public servants need the support of all members of Parliament. Why have the Conservatives not joined those public servants?

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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23

Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)

Apr/27/23 11:09:53 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I came in halfway through the member's speech. He was referring to this mythical time in Canada when there were manufacturing, jobs and value added. I could not understand what he was talking about until I realized he was talking about the period of the Harper regime. I was there and saw the softwood lumber sellout and with all of the related sellouts of the Harper regime, how manufacturing collapsed in this country. British Columbia went from having a vibrant manufacturing industry to raw log exports. We saw minerals that were transformed before the Harper regime becoming exports of raw minerals. There was the export of raw bitumen. We saw health care being slashed and cut. We saw seniors being forced to work years longer in hard, physical labour because the Harper regime decided people could not retire at 65 anymore. My question is very simple. Why are Conservatives so delusional about the years of the Harper regime?

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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23

Mr. Peter Julian

Apr/27/23 11:11:09 p.m.
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It has the best economy in the country, the best job creation—

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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23

Mr. Peter Julian

Apr/27/23 11:12:09 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, this is a factual rebuttal. I know facts are difficult for Conservatives to come by. British Columbia, under the NDP government, has the best economy in the country, the best job creation record in the entire country, the best investments in terms of health care and education. The member should know this. If there is any model to look at in Canada, it is the B.C. economy and the B.C. NDP government.

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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23

Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)

Apr/27/23 11:54:21 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the member for Niagara West and I have been long-time friends, but gosh darn, when he throws out these figures, he is neglecting some of the most important figures of how the Liberals have followed bad Conservative management. The Parliamentary Budget Officer tells us that over $30 billion a year goes to overseas tax havens. These are largely tax treaties that were signed by the Harper regime and that the Liberals have continued. If we take the numbers over the last 15 or 16 years, we are talking about half a trillion dollars that went to overseas tax havens. Here is another number: Between the two of them, the Liberals and Conservatives together have provided well over $866 billion in liquidity supports to Canada's big banks to increase their profits; that is nearly a trillion dollars. We put those numbers together, and we realize Liberals have basically followed bad Conservative habits. Will the member admit Liberals are much closer to Conservatives than is the NDP, which is providing good fiscal management?

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