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Francis Scarpaleggia

  • Member of Parliament
  • Liberal
  • Lac-Saint-Louis
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $123,581.21

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Context: House Hansard - 119 - Oct/27/22
Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis, Lib.)
  • Oct/27/22 5:51:27 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Mr. Speaker, my understanding is that the Conservatives are loath to support this bill because they feel that all government spending is inflationary, even though economists have said that the amount of government spending in this bill would not cause inflationary pressure. Does the member believe that providing dental care to children 12 and under would cause the price of dental care to go up?
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Context: House Hansard - 119 - Oct/27/22
Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis, Lib.)
  • Oct/27/22 1:41:18 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Mr. Speaker, I listened intently to the member's speech and he created some very loose associations, starting with the fake Harper surplus of October 2015. I will read what Bill Curry of the Globe and Mail, a reputable newspaper in Canada, said at the time. It states, “The Conservative government's long-promised return to surplus relies on a series of accounting moves that includes slashing the contingency reserve, assuming oil prices will climb and collecting billions more in Employment Insurance premiums than necessary.” Putting that aside, the fake surplus was preceded by nine years of deficit, yet as the member himself just said, inflation was only 1% after those nine years of deficit. How does he square that?
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