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Mr. Speaker, ever since the Prime Minister became Prime Minister, not only did he drive out $20 billion of net investment from this country, but everything has gotten worse. In fact, food bank lines have doubled, and now more people are food-insecure. We have to remember that the Prime Minister is not new. He was the guy advising Justin Trudeau the whole time. The pain and suffering Canadians are …
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Mr. Speaker, in fact the best thing we can do for the oil sector is get the Liberal government out of the way. If we want to create good jobs and a better economy and to get our books back on track, the way to do it is to remove Liberal Bill C-69, which does not let any new pipelines get built; get Liberal Bill C-48 out of the way so we can get our product to the Asian markets; and remove the Libe…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague is right. Things get left as announcements. I will give an A+ to the Liberal government for grand announcements, but they get an F when it comes to delivery. They are always showboating about what they are going to do. For example, the current finance minister made a grand show when he said he was going to lower grocery prices by Thanksgiving 2023. That was his promise, b…
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Mr. Speaker, before I begin, I want to inform you that I am splitting my time with my good friend from Saskatoon West, who brought me to his riding. I remember it was -40°C. He promised me he would show me an ice rink. I did not know he was talking about the roads in Saskatoon, not an actual ice rink. The Liberals should call this motion we currently have in front of us “the guillotine”, because t…
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Mr. Speaker, nothing could be farther from the truth. Not only did the Liberals put the only country in the G20 into a recession, but they have driven out $1 trillion of investment. The reason we use words like “corrupt” is that no one has had more ethics scandals and violations in the history of any government than the Liberal government of the last 10 years has had. It seems as if the only peopl…
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Mr. Speaker, there is no need to politicize the loss of the police officer. We are asking questions on behalf of the 2.2 million Canadians waiting in a food bank line because of failed Liberal policies, and now 40% of Canadians are losing sleep. Do members know who is not losing sleep? The Prime Minister, who is enjoying fine dining on the taxpayer dime, is not losing sleep. Is it fair that the Pr…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister stuffed his face with $17,000 of salmon on just three taxpayer-funded flights. That is as much as a family will spend—
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister spent 17,000 dollars' worth of salmon on just three taxpayer-funded flights. That is as much as a family will spend on groceries for the entire year. While sending 2.2 million Canadians to a food bank every single month, is it fair that he stuffed his face with $94,000 of catering on just one flight to Rome, when that is how much five families spend on groceries for…
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moved: That, given that the Liberal government has driven Canada into the G20's only recession, Scotiabank and the Bank of Montreal both downgraded growth to below 1%, and the Parliamentary Budget Officer's latest report shows slowing growth and a weakening fiscal outlook that shows a bigger-thanpromised deficit with only a 1% chance that the government will meet its fiscal anchor, the House call …
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Madam Speaker, we are in a full-blown Liberal recession, and here is the answer to our productivity issues: Get the Liberal government out of the way, scrap all the antidevelopment laws so we can get more—
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Madam Speaker, unlike the Prime Minister, who does not do his own grocery shopping and does not care that the Liberals' policies are raising the cost of groceries, when I go grocery shopping, just like the member, I spend at least two hours there because of how many people come up to me and talk to me about how much they are struggling. In fact, last week when I was grocery shopping at the local S…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is the only leader in the entire G20 to plunge their economy into a recession. In his own words, he admitted a recession is two consecutive quarters of GDP decline. StatsCan confirms that Canada is in a full-blown Liberal recession now. The PBO came out with a scathing report against the government's so-called fiscal anchors. They are all going to be broken. The Lib…
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Madam Speaker, that out-of-touch Liberal has completely missed the point. Is he really going to stand up and brag about Canada, under the Liberal government, having the second-worst unemployment rate in the entire G7? Since this year started, the Liberal government is still responsible for 120,000 jobs that were lost. In fact, there is a net loss of jobs in this country under the incompetent Liber…
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Madam Speaker, we did not need to buy a pipeline. Canada did not need to buy a pipeline. It is because of failed Liberal policies, which are antidevelopment and drove investment and proponents of pipelines away, that the government not only bought the pipeline but was over budget by a lot and missed every single timeline target as well. That just goes to the same background that the incompetent Li…
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Madam Speaker, before I get started, I want to notify you that I will be splitting my time with my good friend, fellow Calgarian and sometime airline seatmate, the member for Calgary Crowfoot. There is nothing technical about the 2.2 million Canadians waiting in a food bank line hungry because of rising grocery prices due to the Liberal government's failed policies. There is nothing technical abou…
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Madam Speaker, his answer on plunging the economy into a recession is to give Canadians $18 a week. The PBO also exposed the government for having a less than 1% chance of meeting its own deficit-to-GDP ratio fiscal target. That is a better chance than a Liberal actually answering a question in this place. Will the Prime Minister stop stuffing his face with taxpayer-funded crème brûlée and tell us…
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Madam Speaker, the only leader in the entire G20 to plunge their economy into a recession was exposed by the PBO for leaving $7 billion out of the deficit projections. That is an extra $150 out of each Canadian's pocket. However, it does not matter to the guy who has sent a record number of Canadians into food banks, while he stuffs his face with $200,000 of crème brûlée and fine wines on just thr…
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Mr. Speaker, every time the Prime Minister leaves, he stuffs his face with 200,000 dollars' worth of lavish meals on the taxpayer dime. We see a lot of fake signings of MOUs, a lot of fake handshakes, a lot of nothing and zero dollars in trade deals. That is why Canada has been thrown into a full-blown Liberal recession. The Liberal government has done nothing for the average Canadian. That is why…
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Mr. Speaker, the only leader in the entire G20 to force their country into a recession is the Liberal Prime Minister. He forced the same 2.2 million Canadians to pay for his lavish 200,000 dollars' worth of meals on just three flights. In fact, he spent more on salmon on those three flights than what an average family will spend on groceries for the entire year. He is forcing Canadians to sacrific…
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Madam Speaker, I think the only thing I can really agree with is when that member said that the Liberals have just talked about natural resources. We on this side of the House are all about action. Anywhere we go inside—
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Madam Speaker, the member is absolutely right. At a time when the Prime Minister needs to present a plan to Canadians for plunging them into this Liberal recession, he is hiding. In fact, just yesterday, he did the whole Biden point, which is pointing to where he was going when asked a question and just walking that way. What he needs to do is present a plan. My colleagues started off by saying th…
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Madam Speaker, let me humble that out-of-touch, mega Liberal. After 11 years of this incompetent Liberal government, no one is giddy anymore. No one is excited anymore. No one has anything to smile about. The 2.2 million Canadians waiting in a food bank line are not giddy. The dad who just lost his job because of incompetent Liberal policies is not excited and is not giddy. The mom who has to put …
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moved: That the House recognize that the Liberal Prime Minister has given Canada the: (i) only economy in recession in the G7, (ii) worst household debt in the G7, (iii) worst housing costs in the G7, (iv) second highest unemployment in the G7, a third higher than in the United States; accordingly, the House call on the Liberal Prime Minister to immediately present a plan to reverse all the econom…
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Mr. Speaker, the grand illusionist, the Liberal Prime Minister, is the only leader in the entire G7 who has driven their economy into a recession. Liberals and their paid media want Canadians to believe this full-blown Liberal recession is just a technical one, but there is nothing technical about the single mom who is putting back groceries who just lost her job. In fact, the Prime Minister lost …
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Mr. Speaker, after 11 years of the incompetent Liberal government, there is nothing left to celebrate. The single mom who lost her job has nothing to celebrate. The 2.2 million Canadians going to a food bank have nothing to celebrate. In five straight quarters, business investment has declined. In three out of the last four quarters, the economy has shrunk. Twenty billion dollars of investment has…
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Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the fine member for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman. The costliest budget in Canadian history outside of COVID is back to haunt us once again. This is the biggest deficit outside of COVID that the government dropped on top of Canadians, and it is back. It is back to traumatize them once again. Canadians are visiting food banks at record numbers. Insolvencies…
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Mr. Speaker, I will have to disagree with the hon. member because we do have solutions. Conservatives have identified the problem. When the Liberals drove out $1 trillion of investment, they also got rid of the competition. Competition in a free market helps to drive costs down. We would eliminate, in their entirety, the industrial carbon tax, the clean fuel standard and any other taxes the Libera…
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First of all, Mr. Speaker, the member can tell his Prime Minister that steel is still used around the world. His Prime Minister does not believe anyone even uses steel. Second of all, he can tell his Prime Minister to remove the industrial carbon tax that gets put on that steel. The member, in particular, is completely out of touch. His government is completely out of touch. It is his government t…
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Mr. Speaker, before I get started, I just wanted to ask for unanimous consent to split my time.
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Mr. Speaker, the translation was a bit behind, so I hope I heard the question right. If the question is about the excise tax, Conservatives, from day one, every single year, put forward motions at the finance committee and I have written letters to the finance minister saying there should be zero tax on these beverages and that should be frozen. At a time when restaurants are closing more than eve…
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Mr. Chair, the minister can just clearly say that, no, he will not be involved. Obviously, it is very concerning that he cannot clearly tell Canadians that he will not be involved in the appointment of these board members. Can he stand on his feet and clearly tell Canadians that he will not be involved in appointing board members to this new debt fund?
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Madam Chair, does the minister agree with the Prime Minister that affordability is the best it has been in a decade, even though grocery prices are up by $1,000 this year and 2.2 million Canadians are going to a food bank?
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Mr. Chair, in Norway, the wealth fund, through its own legislation, does not invest in projects inside of Norway, because it could be inflationary. Why is the minister doing the opposite with this debt fund?
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Mr. Chair, the minister, under his government, created a green slush fund at one point where appointed board members gave around $59 million to their Liberal insider friends. This was a huge Liberal scandal that took place during their tenure. Is this another green slush fund?
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Mr. Chair, why would the finance minister run a so-called sovereign wealth fund with taxpayer debt?
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Madam Chair, the PBO says that Build Canada Homes will only build 5,200 homes per year. Is that close to the 500,000 homes they promised, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, who is on the hook for the consolidated fund that the minister is talking about?
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Madam Chair, the minister's own housing agency says that 480,000 homes need to be built per year, over the next few years, to restore home affordability. The Liberals promised 500,000 homes per year. Their own housing agency says that home starts will decrease over the next few years, with a max of 280,000 homes per year. When will the Liberals build 500,000 homes per year?
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Madam Chair, it has been 965 days since the finance minister said that the price of food would go down within weeks. It has gone up 20% since then. Why?
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Madam Chair, the minister has not answered a single question tonight. The Liberals promised 500,000 homes per year. When will they deliver 500,000 homes per year, just the date?
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Madam Chair, it was three years ago that the finance minister himself promised that. Does the minister understand that Liberal taxes, including the industrial carbon tax and the clean fuel standard, make the cost of food go up, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, can the finance minister confirm that he will not be involved in the process of appointing board members for this new debt fund?
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Madam Chair, the minister acknowledges that removing the excise tax makes the cost of fuel and food go down. Would he agree that removing the clean fuel standard and the industrial carbon tax would also make the cost of food go down, yes or no?
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Madam Chair, does the minister understand that Liberal taxes put onto the cost of fuel, including on the trucker, the farmer and the people who sell the food, end up getting paid by the person buying the food, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, a board is to be appointed to the new debt fund that the finance minister has created. Who will appoint those board members, and will the finance minister be involved in that process?
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Mr. Chair, Nordic wealth funds are run with surpluses or royalties from resource revenues. This fund that the minister is creating is going to be funded by debt. Why?
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Madam Chair, the Liberals promised to build 500,000 homes this year. Their own housing agency says they will only build 280,000 homes. When will they build 500,000 homes?
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Mr. Chair, over the last 10 years, we have seen the Liberal government create many other bureaucracies that have not met any targets and have run large deficits. Why would the minister create another debt fund that is filled with taxpayer money?
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Mr. Speaker, sending more students through trade schools without any jobs is creating certificates for unemployment. If the Liberals really want to invest in Canadians, the Liberal government can do one thing: just get out of the way. Let our natural resources get produced so we can create more jobs, create more boots on the ground, get shovels in the ground and get more projects built. That is wh…
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Mr. Speaker, is the member serious? Is he bragging about having the second-highest deficit in Canadian history outside of COVID? He asked about cuts. I will tell him what we would cut. We would cut the $90 billion that would go to the Alto boondoggle and the $742‑million Liberal gun grab. We would get rid of the $20 billion for Liberal-connected insider consultants. The government's ministers are …
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