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Marty Morantz

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
Conservative

Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley
Manitoba
Voting Attendance: 65%
Expenses Last Quarter: $99,486.97

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Context: House Hansard - 304 - Apr/29/24

Mr. Marty Morantz (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, CPC)

Apr/29/24 12:31:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to draw to the member's attention to, in the 2021 Liberal campaign platform, a promise that has been unkept, the $4.5-billion mental health transfer. They put that promise out in front of Canadians because they wanted Canadians to vote for them, to elect them to be the government, and then they abandoned it. There is no mention of that in the last three budgets, including this budget. I ask the member to stand up right now and tell the House where the Canada mental health transfer is. Where is the $4.5 billion?

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Context: House Hansard - 270 - Jan/29/24

Mr. Marty Morantz (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, CPC)

Jan/29/24 1:06:31 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-59

Madam Speaker, given that we are discussing the fall economic statement, is she concerned with the increase in the size of the national debt? In 2015, the national debt was $600 billion. After eight years, the government actually managed to double it. In fact, it has spent more money than all other prime ministers combined. Is she not concerned that we are on the wrong trajectory and that we need to get our budgets under control?

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Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23

Mr. Marty Morantz

Jun/21/23 9:37:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the compliment. I know everybody is waiting with bated breath to hear what I have to say next. I will try not to disappoint. The fact of the matter is the IMF is now urging Canada to bring a debt anchor and to keep fiscal policy tight. What does that mean, keeping fiscal policy tight? It means moving toward balanced budgets, not just relying on what they might call fiscal guardrails or reducing debt-to-GDP ratios, but actually having a hard fiscal anchor. This is the IMF talking, not me. A hard fiscal anchor. What they mean is a plan to get back to balanced budgets. The Bank of Canada, to its credit, has been engaged in a policy of fiscal tightening, trying to reduce the money supply and raising interest rates, trying to grapple with the scourge of inflation. The problem is that the fiscal policy of the Government of Canada is running counter to that. We have loose fiscal policy in this country, meaning that billions and billions of dollars are still going out the door of the budget this year. It was $495 billion, almost half a trillion dollars. Mr. Speaker, I know you have been here for a while, and I know you know that is a lot of money. It is way more than it was even in 2019. We have a real issue in this country, and I think we need to bridge the gap. We need the government and its coalition partners to take this concept seriously, go back to the drawing board and at least come back with a plan. That is all this motion asks for, not to balance the budget tomorrow or at two o'clock this morning when we are voting on the appropriations, but to come back soon with a plan, just like they had for 2027, to bring the budget back into balance.

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Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23

Mr. Marty Morantz (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, CPC)

Jun/21/23 9:24:06 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, that seemed like a very well-reasoned, well thought-out speech. However, the motion that we are debating right now has a question, and the question is whether or not the government should be called upon to table a plan to return to balanced budgets. I wonder if the member would agree that governments, no matter what their political stripe, should strive to at least create a plan to have balanced budgets?

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Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23

Mr. Marty Morantz (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, CPC)

Jun/21/23 6:32:56 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I very much enjoy working with my colleague from the Bloc at the finance committee. I find him to be an articulate and thoughtful member of the committee. Our motion is basically to call on the government to balance budgets. I will note that, during the 2015 campaign, the Prime Minister promised he would balance the budget by 2019. Just recently, in the fall economic statement, the government had projected a surplus in the 2027-28 year. It quickly reneged on that in this budget on March 28. Could the member share his thoughts on how anyone can believe anything the government says when it comes to balancing budgets?

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