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Hon. Pierre Poilievre

Member of Parliament
Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada Leader of the Opposition
Conservative

Carleton
Ontario
Voting Attendance: 64%
Expenses Last Quarter: $61,288.13

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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 - 253 - Nov/22/23

Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)

Nov/22/23 2:38:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as the Prime Minister was doubling our national debt, adding more debt than all previous 22 prime ministers combined, he claimed there would be no cost because interest rates, he said, were low, but those low interest rates are gone and the debt is still here. Yesterday, we learned that interest on the debt has gone up by over 100%, to $52.4 billion. That is more than the $52.1 billion we spend on health care and double what we spend on the military. Why is the Prime Minister taking money from nurses and soldiers and giving it to bankers and bondholders?

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Context: House Hansard - 175 - Mar/29/23

Hon. Pierre Poilievre

Mar/29/23 5:01:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is a great question. The member is quite right in pointing out that every dollar we have to give to bankers and bondholders is money we cannot spend on hip replacements, heart surgeries and other necessary care in our hospitals. What is astonishing to me is the wealth transfer endorsed by the NDP and the Liberals. They have no problem taking money away from treasured national social programs to give it to the wealthiest bondholders and bankers. Even the most famous global left-wing economist, Piketty, from France, has pointed out that debt interest is a major wealth transfer from the working class to the super-rich. We are the only party against adding this debt. The other parties want to continue to add to it. We on this side of the House will bring hope to young people by capping spending and unleashing the productive forces of our talented people so we can produce more of what cash buys rather than just create more cash. We are going to make this a country that works for the people, where it does not matter if a person's name is Martin or Mohamad, Singh or Smith, Poilievre or Patel. As long as they are prepared to work hard, they can bring it home and achieve their dreams.

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Context: House Hansard - 122 - Nov/1/22

Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)

Nov/1/22 2:21:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, he claimed he had to add that half a trillion dollars of debt because of COVID, but according to his own Parliamentary Budget Officer, 40% of the new debt he added in the last two years alone had nothing whatsoever to do with COVID. The Prime Minister has added more debt than all previous prime ministers combined, saying that low interest rates would make it a costless proposition. Now we learn from Desjardins Bank that Canadians will spend more on debt interest from the federal debt next year, $50 billion, than we typically spend on health care transfers to the provinces. Why is the Prime Minister giving the money to bankers and bondholders instead of doctors and nurses?

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Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada Leader of the Opposition

Hon. Pierre Poilievre