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House Hansard - 203

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 31, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 203 - May/31/23
Mr. Marty Morantz (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, CPC)
  • May/31/23 2:11:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the Prime Minister, inflationary Liberal deficits have caused a world of hurt. After their latest carbon tax increases and their $43-billion deficit-busting budget, the inflationary pain Canadians are feeling continues to rise. Rent and mortgages have doubled. Food inflation stands at 8.3%. Our ability to spend is not infinite. What Canadians want is for inflation to come down now. While millions visit food banks, the Liberals choose to pour fuel on the inflationary fire. The Prime Minister wants Canadians to believe that they have never had it so good. However, a new day is dawning. A new Conservative prime minister would turn that hurt into hope by ending inflationary deficits, by scrapping the carbon tax on heat, gas and groceries, by cutting taxes and making paycheques powerful again, and by building homes that workers can afford. It is the common sense of the common people. For their home, my home, our home, let us bring it home.
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Context: House Hansard - 203 - May/31/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • May/31/23 3:04:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is not just me who acknowledges that deficits pour fuel on the inflationary fire. It is his own finance minister. In fact, she said that two weeks before she introduced her budget. What followed her budget was a spike in the inflation rate the Prime Minister had promised would only ever go down. What do you know? Dumping $60 billion of fuel on the inflationary fire actually makes prices go up. Did the finance department calculate how much this extra $60 billion of inflationary spending would add to the consumer price index? How much?
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