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House Hansard - 301

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 17, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Apr/17/24 2:58:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Brampton South for her hard work. While the opposition leader is taking cues from his lobbyist entourage on how to make the rich richer, we are investing in programs to help middle-class Canadians. Yesterday's budget includes a national school food program. It is expected to provide meals for more than 400,000 kids a year and save the average family as much as $800 per year in grocery costs. This is what the Conservative leader has already announced he will be voting against.
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Apr/17/24 2:58:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years and much spent, there has not been a single meal served. What the Prime Minister has served up is a tax on the food of the very children he claims to want to help. It is a tax that will cost every single middle-class family more than they get back in rebates, according to a scientific study by the Parliamentary Budget Officer. It is a tax he increased by 23%. If he really wants to stop the hunger for one in four kids in schools today, will he axe the tax?
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