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House Hansard - 240

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 26, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 240 - Oct/26/23
Hon. Seamus O'Regan (Minister of Labour and Seniors, Lib.)
  • Oct/26/23 3:07:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, one of the things seniors rely upon is the CPP, and the Leader of the Opposition claimed yesterday that the Conservatives have always defended the CPP. However, he opposed our government's improvements to the CPP. He called the CPP an “increased burden of government”. In fact, one of his very first speeches as an MP was an attack on the CPP. He said, “If I could invest the premiums I am forced to pay into CPP myself...I would [get] a much higher rate of return”. That was in Bitcoin. No wonder it took him a month to answer Conservative attacks on the CPP.
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Context: House Hansard - 240 - Oct/26/23
Hon. Seamus O'Regan (Minister of Labour and Seniors, Lib.)
  • Oct/26/23 3:11:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to talk about the CPP. As a new MP, the Leader of the Opposition claimed he could get a much higher return than the CPP Investment Board. I invite him to drop off his resume at One Queen Street East in Toronto and pitch them his ideas on crypto. I am glad that the Leader of the Opposition finally listened to Canadians on something that his Conservative colleagues attacked: the CPP. On this side of the House, we have put more money into the pockets of seniors. We have returned the age of retirement to 65. We will always defend the CPP.
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