44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 19, 2023 10:00AM
- Sep/19/23 2:32:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today the Conservatives have shown their true colours. The Leader of the Opposition actually bragged about his comments three years ago. That is when he railed against big fat government programs. That was the emergency support we provided to Canadian families and to Canadian businesses to get through COVID.
Thanks to those programs, we have nearly one million more jobs in Canada than before COVID. Our government is proud of supporting Canadians then, and we are proud—
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- Sep/19/23 2:33:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me tell the House who we do not intend to take advice from. We do not intend to take advice from the party that was going to leave Canadians high and dry when COVID shut down our economy.
Instead, we supported Canadians, and that support worked. It kept businesses going. That means we have one million jobs more than we had before.
We are going to continue working hard for Canadians. We have removed the GST on purpose-built rentals to get more homes built faster.
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- Sep/19/23 2:34:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me bring some facts into this conversation. Canada's AAA credit rating was reaffirmed last week by DBRS Morningstar with a stable outlook. We have the lowest debt and deficit in the G7. When it comes to housing, we are rolling up our sleeves and getting the job done. We have lifted the GST on purpose-built rentals. Provinces across the country are following us. We are going to get more homes built for more Canadians.
The only thing the Conservatives can offer is austerity and cuts.
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- Sep/19/23 2:36:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as a little point of fact, I think my hon. colleague just confused the interest rate with the inflation rate. I guess it is an easy mistake to make if one is a Conservative who does not really care about facts.
Let me tell members what our government is focused on. We are focused on Canadians. We are focused on fighting for Canadians. That is why, together with our industry minister, we met with the leaders of Canada's grocers yesterday and told them to stabilize prices now. We are going to make sure that happens.
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- Sep/19/23 2:37:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am aware of something very important, something that the Conservative leader admitted today.
Today, he was proud of something he said at the beginning of the pandemic. He is proud to have said that supporting Canadians and small and medium-sized businesses was not the right thing to do.
We are proud to have done that and to have supported Canadians. We continue to do so, for example with—
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- Sep/19/23 2:38:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if my colleague opposite wants to lecture anyone about economics, he should start with his colleagues, who do not understand the difference between the key rate and inflation.
We fully understand the importance of fiscal responsibility. That is why Canada has the lowest deficit in the G7. That is why our AAA credit rating was confirmed just last week. Those are the facts.
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- Sep/19/23 3:02:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am neither a Quebecker nor a francophone. I am also obviously not a member of the Bloc Québécois. However, there is one thing I know about Quebec: The Quebec nation is the environment leader in Canada. Quebec is the leader when it comes to climate action.
Our government recognizes that. We admire Quebec's environmental leadership. We understand that Quebeckers—
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