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Mr. Chair, the amount that I was looking for from the finance minister was about $45 billion. It will cost $43.9 billion to service our debt, which has doubled since last year, and it cost $45 billion in the Canada health transfer to keep Canadians safe, a number the minister does not think matters. It costs almost as much to service the debt as we pay for health care in this country, and that is …
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Mr. Chair, this is a simple question. Of the $60 billion that the minister just spent in her budget, how much will inflation increase over five years? I want just a number.
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Mr. Speaker, the judges of the Canadian economy are the families who cannot pay their bills. The finance minister's budget of broken promises speaks to her own credibility. She told Canadians that we would see a declining debt-to-GDP ratio, a line that she would not cross. She crossed it. She projected an eventual surplus, and she spent $60 billion instead. She told Canadians that she would balanc…
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Mr. Speaker, I have bad news. Canadians are seeing even higher inflation today. Now we know for sure that Liberal deficits drive Liberal inflation, and the finance minister's last budget is driving every Canadian household 4,200 bucks more into debt. Where is the accountability? Where are her answers? Why does she talk to Canadians like they are in kindergarten? The effect of her own failures is p…
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Mr. Chair, if he does not want to speak about housing, could the minister confirm that there is no money in these estimates for racists like Laith Marouf?
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Mr. Chair, the minister is not answering the questions. Does he have a single answer for any one of the questions that I asked?
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Mr. Chair, does the minister have a single number tonight for estimates?
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Mr. Chair, it is just over $68,000 after taxes. Is the minister aware that the median family needs to pay three times its annual income just to buy an average home in the city he represents?
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Mr. Chair, it is 1.2 million. Housing prices in Toronto have doubled in eight years. Is that right?
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Mr. Chair, it is $1.2 million. He does not have the numbers. I am going to answer the questions. What is 600,000 times two?
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Mr. Chair, it was just over $600,000. How much is the average cost today? I just want the number.
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Mr. Chair, if the minister does not have a single number on the prices of rent, let us try housing. Can the minister tell us how much an average home in Toronto cost in 2015?
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Mr. Chair, I just want a single number.
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Mr. Chair, does the minister have a single number from his own estimates tonight?
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Mr. Chair, the hon. minister can ask all the questions he wants when he is in opposition, but this is not how it works. Is he aware that $2,526 for an average rental apartment in Toronto is double what it was eight years ago?
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Mr. Chair, it was $1,103. Can the minister tell us what the average rent is now?
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Mr. Chair, I just want the number, please. How much was it?
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Mr. Chair, I will be splitting my time with two of my colleagues. Could the minister tell us what the average rent of a one-bedroom apartment was in Toronto in 2015?
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Mr. Chair, does the minister have a single number from his own estimates?
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Mr. Chair, has the minister come to this committee prepared with a single answer that includes a number?
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Mr. Speaker, I will welcome the finance minister back to Canada again, but here are the actual facts. Every Canadian family will now pay $4,200 more per household for her spending spree. Housing prices have doubled. Food bank use is at record highs. Canada accumulated debt faster than almost every other advanced country, but our economy underperformed compared to nearly all its counterparts, and w…
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Mr. Chair, is the minister aware that the number is double? I want just a “yes” or “no”.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians are grateful that the finance minister has finally returned to Canada. She said, “inflation and higher interest rates are really challenging for a lot of people. This means that...one of my principal responsibilities...is not to pour fuel on the flames of inflation. So fiscal responsibility is really important.” Those were the words of the finance minister just nine weeks ag…
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Mr. Chair, it is more than $2,500. Is he aware that this number is more than double what it was eight years ago?
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Mr. Chair, it is $207,000 a year. How much money does the minister think the median household in Toronto, the city in which he lives, makes?
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Mr. Chair, to afford an average home, which has doubled in price, can the minister tell us how much money a family needs to make each year?
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Mr. Chair, I just want the number. Will the minister have a single number tonight for this committee of the whole on estimates?
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Mr. Speaker, that is because none of it is working. The housing minister is spending $89 billion to double the price of a home, double rent and double mortgage payments. He is about to build 50,000 fewer houses this year than he did last year. In eight years, we have also lost 20,000 affordable housing units. The Liberals are spending more money to get higher prices and worse results. It is a fail…
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Mr. Speaker, $3,000 is the price that Canadians could soon be paying to rent a one-bedroom unit in Toronto. That is according to a piece from BNN Bloomberg this week. The report says that limited supply, which of course gives us higher prices, is the reason for this. Under the Prime Minister, new units are not being built fast enough, housing prices have doubled and the dream of home ownership is …
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Madam Speaker, we will depoliticize it when the government acts. This motion of privilege is not about that member. It is not about the member in question. That member has gaslit Canadians into believing the member got a briefing two years ago. We can look into the parliamentary record to see it. He has disparaged the character of a member of the House. He has said himself that an attack on any me…
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Madam Speaker, I am going to split my time with the hon. member for Bay of Quinte. It is usually a pleasure to rise in this House on behalf of the constituents of Thornhill, but I am afraid that is not the case today. I want to start by speaking about the member for Wellington—Halton Hills, somebody who has been in this House a lot longer than I have. He looks at this place as upholding democracy.…
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Madam Speaker, a public inquiry would be one of the ways. A foreign registry would be another way. Canada does not have a legal definition for political interference. What we have to do is find other things that happen, where diplomats are potentially breaking other laws, in order for us to investigate them. A foreign registry would allow us a legal definition, perhaps, of what interference is. Th…
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Madam Speaker, I agree with the hon. member. The government has not acted on this. We had a motion in the House, which the government voted against, that called for a public inquiry, that called for a foreign agent registry. That is least the government can do to show Chinese Canadians, and, frankly, Canadians right across the country from many diaspora communities who are intimidated by the regim…
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Mr. Speaker, it is no surprise that the Prime Minister told Canadians that the 2001 report from CSIS was never shared. We know that is false, because we know the national security adviser had said so. She informed the member for Wellington—Halton Hills of the truth. The Prime Minister is stalling on a foreign agent registry. He will not shut down illegal police stations. He does not have the coura…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is being disingenuous when he tells Canadians that he is taking this seriously. We need a foreign agent registry, like the ones that exist in Australia and the U.S. We need a national public inquiry into foreign interference. We need to shut down the illegal police stations operating in Canada that harass innocent civilians, which the Minister of Public Safety told …
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Mr. Speaker, it has been eight days since we found out that a member of the House and his family were intimidated for a vote that he cast and two years since the government has known. The government finally expelled the guy who did it, and that is the very least it could have done. We know more MPs have been threatened. We can ensure the government does not let it happen again by bringing in a for…
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Mr. Speaker, he was not briefed two years ago on it. They know it and they are purposely victim blaming. They are gaslighting Canadians. This is about a member of this House serving his country and the safety of his family in the balance. It is appalling that the Liberals are tarnishing this MP, but it is even worse that the diplomat who perpetuated it is still here, with rights even Canadians do …
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Mr. Speaker, when something happens once, it is a mistake. When something happens twice, it is a pattern. When something happens three or four or five times, it is a decision. The Prime Minister and members of his party have all perpetuated the myth that the member for Wellington—Halton Hills knew about the threats against his family because he was briefed two years ago. It is false. At some point…
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Mr. Speaker, I actually agree with the member opposite on her concern about affordable housing, but we do not have any affordable housing in our country. We do not have enough housing for the population that is becoming new Canadians, the 500,000 people a year who will come into this country and have nowhere to live. We are building four for every 10 people coming in. I am happy to let her know th…
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Mr. Speaker, the member opposite brings up a good point. The government has talked a lot about a housing accelerator fund. One of the biggest criticisms of that fund is that it is not actually building housing, as one cannot live in an accelerator. However, small cities do not have the manpower to staff and develop the plan. Again, that is another Instagram announcement from the government with ab…
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Mr. Speaker, what a gutless response. What if that happened to that minister's family? I have the same question. When did he know?
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Mr. Speaker, I am going to split my time with my friend and colleague, the member for Chicoutimi—Le Fjord. I want to take a step back, because I think this debate is about much more than housing. The central promise of Canada has always been that it does not matter where a person has been but rather where a person is going, and it does not matter who a person is but what a person can do, and that …
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Mr. Speaker, the member opposite lives in a community that looks a lot like mine, and I am sure she hears from young people who will never afford to live where they actually grew up. Under the government, rents have doubled, mortgages have doubled and the price of a house has doubled, and it has not incentivized municipalities to build the density that is needed for young people to afford a home. …
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Mr. Speaker, I am not sure what coalition the member is talking about, but the opposition has put forward this motion because we hear from constituents and Canadians right across the board that housing has become out of reach, that the dream of home ownership has become out of reach, that nine out of 10 young Canadians do not believe they will ever own a home. If people looked at the 2023 budget, …
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Madam Speaker, there they go again, telling Canadians that they have never had it so good. Do they really think that hard-working Canadians are that stupid? We have the highest inflation rate in 40 years. We have the highest interest rates in a generation. We have the most expensive housing on record. That is not an answer. Young people cannot buy homes, single mothers cannot buy food and workers …
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Madam Speaker, the Liberals have made this mess and now they are trying to tell Canadians that they are going to be the ones who clean it up. All we hear from them is more spending, more taxes and more government: the very things that got us into this mess in the first place. Crime is out of control in our biggest cities. There is a 32% increase. Young people cannot buy homes because the price has…
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Madam Speaker, while inflation, interest rates and housing prices spiralled out of control, the Prime Minister took a vacation. While Canadians from coast to coast commemorated the first truth and reconciliation day, the Prime Minister took a vacation. While our airports and passport office line-ups were out of control, the Prime Minister took a vacation. Now, while we face the largest public sect…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister spent $21 billion more on public services that brought Canadians the biggest federal strike in Canadian history. There are more than 150,000 people blocking streets, blocking buildings and now blocking critical infrastructure. Canadians trying to get a passport, call Immigration or talk to anyone at CRA cannot do it because of this government's incompetence. He paid…
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