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44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 19, 2023 10:00AM
  • Sep/19/23 2:21:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what the opposition leader is saying is that he would not have sent the grocery rebate to 11 million Canadians. He would not have invested in dental care for low- and modest-income Canadians who do not have access to dental care for their children. He certainly would not have cut child care fees in half. He would not have been there for Canadians in these tough times. We did that by carefully managing the deficit and our public finances in order to lower inflation, but also—
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  • Sep/19/23 2:22:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over the past year, we have demonstrated that we were able to bring down inflation from the highs of 8.1%, while at the same time being there to invest in Canadians. What the Leader of the Opposition is saying is that he would not have been there to help 11 million Canadians with the grocery rebate. He would not have been there to help Canadians with dental care for kids whose families cannot send them to the dentist. He certainly would not have been there to cut child care fees in half right across the country, on the way to $10 a day. Those are measures that have helped Canadians while maintaining fiscal responsibility and seeing—
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