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Hon. Ed Fast

Member of Parliament
Conservative

Abbotsford
British Columbia
Voting Attendance: 66%
Expenses Last Quarter: $146,571.88

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Context: House Hansard - 184 - Apr/25/23

Apr/25/23 7:28:47 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-47

Madam Speaker, my colleague across the way just had an opportunity to ask the defence critic that question. I would suggest to the member that it was her finance minister who, last year, said that she could balance the budget in four years. How would she have done that? It would have required controlling spending and being responsible with taxpayer dollars, which is something the finance minister has been unable to do. That is why we will not support an irresponsible budget.

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Context: House Hansard - 63 - May/3/22

Hon. Ed Fast (Abbotsford, CPC)

May/3/22 4:15:11 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-19

Madam Speaker, I am going to ask the minister a question that I have asked her before. It is one that we have not received an answer to. It is a question that I believe Canadians deserve an answer to. It has to do with the state of Canada's finances. We have incurred the largest budget deficits in Canadian history. We have the largest debt that Canada has ever seen. In fact, our debt has doubled over the last six years. We have accumulated more debt over the last six years than all previous governments in Canadian history. Canadians, quite rightly, want to know when the government's house will be brought back into order, so my question for her is a simple one, with a yes-or-no answer. Does she have any plan to return to balanced budgets?

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Context: House Hansard - 52 - Apr/4/22

Hon. Ed Fast

Apr/4/22 6:30:15 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would remind the member that Canada has the worst record of the 30 OECD countries when it comes to attracting investment, and he knows that. When we are at a place where the world says that Canada is no longer a good place to invest in, we should be concerned. My friend referred to this debt management plan that was incorporated into last year's budget. Do members know what that debt management plan was? It was a trajectory. There was no firm target. We asked the Liberals, time and again, here in question period when the budget would be balanced. The finance minister never, ever gave us an answer.

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Context: House Hansard - 33 - Feb/17/22

Hon. Ed Fast (Abbotsford, CPC)

Feb/17/22 2:43:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, earlier this week I asked the finance minister what she was doing to control the skyrocketing cost of living. All she did was shift blame. She avoided the question. Yesterday, we received the news we were all dreading. Statistics Canada says that the consumer price index rose 5.1% in January. It is the worst it has been in over 30 years. Paycheques no longer go as far as they used to, and Canadians are getting left far behind. I will ask again. What specifically is the minister doing to get inflation under control?

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Hon. Ed Fast