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House Hansard - 204

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 1, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Mr. Philip Lawrence
  • Jun/1/23 1:51:37 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I just have a brief point of order. I know the member is very passionate, but he has been yelling for an extended period of time, and our interpreters could be hurt by this. I would just ask him to maybe—
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Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Mr. Philip Lawrence (Northumberland—Peterborough South, CPC)
  • Jun/1/23 2:00:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Philip Cross, former chief economic analyst at Statistics Canada, testified before the finance committee that Canada has had its lowest GDP per capita since the 1930s. Yes, that means we are languishing in the worst economy since the Great Depression. The reason is the Liberals' war on work. Excessive taxation and regulation is punishing our entrepreneurs and our workers. Parents and seniors are regularly facing marginal effective tax rates in excess of 50%, which means that on the next dollar generated they are often only getting 40¢, 30¢ or even 20¢. Help is on the way: the common sense of the common people. From my home, one's home and our home, let us bring it home.
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