44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 3, 2023 10:00AM
- Oct/3/23 3:36:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in my first answer, let me just congratulate you in this historic role. It is historic for Canada.
While the Conservatives recite trite and misleading talking points, our government is acting for Canadians. With Bill C-56, we would be getting more homes built by lifting the GST on purpose-built rental, and we would be acting to stabilize grocery prices with historic changes to competition law that would bring competition to the grocery sector.
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- Oct/3/23 3:37:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the only people misleading Canadians are the Conservatives on that side of the House.
The reality is that Canada has the lowest deficit in the G7 and the lowest debt-to-GDP ratio. Our AAA rating has recently been reaffirmed by DBRS Morningstar. These are independent experts, not Conservative partisans.
We know we need to get more homes built. That is why we have lifted the GST on purpose-built rental and added another $20 billion to the financing CMCH has available for rental construction.
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- Oct/3/23 3:39:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, yet again, these are misleading comments from the Conservatives. The reality is that Canada's AAA rating has been reaffirmed year after year we have been in government. We have the lowest deficit in the G7 and the lowest debt-to-GDP ratio.
We also know that we are a growing country, and a growing country needs to build more homes faster. That is exactly what we are doing by lifting the GST on purpose-built rentals and making more financing available through CMHC, with $20 billion for the financing of new rental construction.
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- Oct/3/23 3:40:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives are hitting new lows in this question period. Not only are they are misleading, they are internally contradictory and incomprehensible.
I think the member opposite just said that our AAA rating is disadvantageous to hard-working Canadians. I beg to differ. Our AAA rating is a foundation for everything our government is doing to build more homes and provide more support to hard-working Canadian middle-class families.
It is time for the Conservatives to get that.
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- Oct/3/23 3:52:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what we are going to say to that single mother is that she cannot afford the Conservatives and their austerity that will make her life worse.
What we are going to say is our government has helped to lift 2.3 million Canadians out of poverty. What we are going to say is our early learning and child care program has cut child care fees by 50% across the country already. We are down to $10 a day in four provinces.
We will take no lessons from the Conservatives when it comes to helping the most vulnerable.
Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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- Oct/3/23 3:54:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I certainly agree with the member opposite that the most vulnerable among us can expect nothing but pain and cuts from the Conservatives.
I also agree with him that we need to be there to support Canadians. That is why I was so proud to be there with my colleague, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, when we told Canada's grocers that they have to stabilize prices. We need to be there for Canadians.
That is why our government has imposed a COVID dividend on our banks and insurers: to pay for the price of supporting Canadians in those difficult days.
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- Oct/3/23 4:02:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, obviously, I am neither a francophone nor a Quebecker, but I have enormous respect for the Quebec nation, which was the first in our entire country to have a climate plan and to understand the importance of climate action for our environment. That is the reality in Quebec.
Our government is here to support the most vulnerable people across the country. We are working with our colleague, the Minister of Industry.
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- Oct/3/23 4:10:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this summer I had the privilege of spending some time with some of the hard-working people of Newfoundland and Labrador. I can tell colleagues what they need the most: a well-paying job at home for the incredibly skilled, incredibly hard-working people of that province. That is what our green plan will provide.
Newfoundland and Labrador is going to become the hydrogen capital of the world and the wind power capital of the world. The clean nickel from Voisey's Bay will power the Northvolt battery plant in Montreal. That is our—
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