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House Hansard - 301

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 17, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Apr/17/24 2:26:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this is the ninth deficit in nine years under this Prime Minister. He is not worth the cost, just like always. He admits that Canada is not a fair country for our young generations after nine years under his government, which doubled the cost of housing, doubled rents and doubled the national debt. Why does he expect a different result when he is using the same failed approach?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Apr/17/24 2:29:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister likes to blame the world for the problems that he caused. He doubled the debt, doubled the rent, doubled mortgage payments, doubled the needed down payment, and now he is doubling down on the same costly mistakes that have made life unaffordable for Canadians. When will the Prime Minister realize he is not worth the cost and that repeating the same thing nine times and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Apr/17/24 2:31:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, he is the ultrawealthy. He hid his family fortune in a tax-sheltered trust fund so that he would not have to pay the same taxes as everyone else. He vacations with the ultrawealthy on their private islands in tax-preferred locations where they can hide their money and avoid paying their fair share here in Canada. Now, he is paying off the ultrawealthy by spending $54 billion on debt interest, more than on health care. Why give more money to the ultrawealthy bankers and bondholders instead of the nurses and doctors?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • Apr/17/24 2:48:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Ottawa is working so hand in hand with the Quebec government that the Conservatives are recruiting from the CAQ. Will the Prime Minister admit that, by failing to meet his obligations, he is responsible for a $6-billion deficit in Quebec City, that he is responsible for making Quebeckers shoulder $8 billion out of his $40-billion deficit, and that he has just put Quebeckers $14 billion in debt in one year?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Apr/17/24 3:07:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, even a former NDP leader has more common sense than the current Prime Minister and the current leader of the NDP. Thomas Mulcair said yesterday that this government is going to spend $54.1 billion on interest on the debt, in other words on bankers. That is exactly how much is collected with the GST. Every penny that Canadians spend on GST is going not toward services, but toward bankers. Does the Prime Minister think that is acceptable?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Apr/17/24 3:08:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, austerity is what people are living every day when they cannot afford to eat, heat or house themselves after nine years of the current Prime Minister, but when people pay the GST they assume they are getting something in return. It turns out that they pay $54.1 billion in GST and it costs them $54.1 billion in interest on the national debt. Does the Prime Minister realize that not one penny from the money Canadians pay in GST goes to valuable services? It all goes to pay wealthy bankers.
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Apr/17/24 3:09:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, once again in the face of the challenges Canadians are struggling with every single day, the solution by the Conservatives is for the government to do less, to invest less in supporting Canadians, less for seniors and dental care, less for child care spaces, less for medical supports for health care and less in building more homes. The solution proposed by the Conservatives is for the government to do less for Canadians. We are continuing to invest in people responsibly with the best and lowest debt-to-GDP ratio in the G7. We will continue to do that.
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Apr/17/24 3:09:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we propose less for bankers and bondholders, and more for doctors and nurses. This year, for the first time in over a generation, the federal government will spend more on interest for the national debt than we do on health care. After the Prime Minister doubled the size of the debt and grew health spending slower than the previous Conservative government, why is it that he wants to give 54 billion hard-earned Canadian tax dollars to wealthy bankers and bondholders, and not doctors and nurses?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Apr/17/24 3:13:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, all the adults in the Liberal and NDP parties are saying that this budget is irresponsible. We have John Manley, former Liberal finance minister, saying that this Prime Minister is pushing on the inflationary gas pedal. David Dodge, renowned Liberal, is saying that it could be the worst budget in four decades. Bill Morneau, if members remember him from before he became “Bill no more”, said that this is a troubling budget. Even Tom Mulcair says that there is too much going to debt interest. Is this not like the NDP-Liberal marriage? The parents went away, and the rambunctious, reckless kids went and trashed the place.
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