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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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  • 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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  • Jun/7/23 8:04:09 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, there is one aspect of the budget on which I want to get clarification. In the fall economic statement, in the 2027-28 business year, the fall economic statement projected a $4.5-billion surplus. Only 140 days later, on March 28, the budget introduced a table for the same year that showed a $14-billion deficit, an $18.5-billion swing. I wonder if the member could give us some details as to why there was the change.
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  • May/29/23 9:37:40 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the answer was $2,780,000,000. How much was the Bank of Canada surplus for the receiver general in 2022?
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  • May/29/23 9:37:11 p.m.
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Madam Chair, it was $1,772,900,000. How much was the Bank of Canada surplus for the receiver general in 2021?
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  • May/29/23 9:36:45 p.m.
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Madam Chair, to the Minister of Finance, how much was the Bank of Canada's surplus for the receiver general in 2020?
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