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Mr. Speaker, Canadians who are watching at home are looking at someone who has only ever made one deal: to come to this House. On this side of the House, we have always stood to make sure we will build this country. We will attract investment. The member should be ashamed. Ask a Canadian when the last deal was that he brought to this country. Ask him when he created one job in his country apart fr…
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Mr. Speaker, budget 2025 really is full of good news. Just look at the smiles on the Conservatives' faces. Our budget sends a clear message that the aerospace industry is a strategic national asset. Canada is one of the few countries in the world with a thriving aerospace industry, thanks to the talent, expertise and know-how of our workers. In budget 2025, we are making generational investments i…
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Mr. Speaker, this is a serious issue. My colleague forgot to mention that the first thing we did as a government was to lower taxes for Canadians. Twenty-two million Canadians are now paying less tax. The second thing that the Conservatives voted against—and it is important that people tuning in watch when these Conservatives ask questions—is measures to build housing. Affordable housing is the fo…
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Mr. Speaker, it is amazing to hear the Leader of the Opposition, because the first thing we did was make sure Canadians could have more money in their pockets. We, in fact, reduced taxes for 22 million Canadians. What is most disturbing for Canadians watching at home is that, at every step of the way, when we were there for families, for workers and for Canadians, Conservatives stood in the way. H…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for her excellent question and for her leadership on this issue. Preventing economic abuse means ensuring access to information and financial resources. The good news is that even the Conservatives should have been pleased. In the 2025 budget, we announced our plan to develop a voluntary code of conduct for the prevention of economic abuse. We will w…
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Mr. Speaker, it is impressive to hear what the Bloc Québécois members have to say today, despite our generational budget that invests in infrastructure, that invests in national corridors and that will make clean energy projects possible across the country. If I were a member of the Bloc Québécois today, I would be standing up to applaud budget 2025. They went and hid on budget day. They will have…
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Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from these guys, but Kevin Page, a former parliamentary budget officer, will give them some lessons. He said: We need to focus on economic growth. We need capital investment to boost innovation, improve our infrastructure and diversify trade. We live in dangerous times, and we must meet our NATO spending targets. I believe Parliament should approve the budget p…
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Mr. Speaker, it is only Monday and look how excited they are. They know there is good news in the budget. That is what I see. There is enough good news to go to Regina, to go to Winnipeg and to go to Moose Jaw. The people in Winnipeg understand that we need to invest in infrastructure. The people in Moose Jaw understand that we need to invest in our military. The people in Regina understand that w…
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Mr. Speaker, it feels good to get such a great question. Although words fail the opposition when it comes to celebrating our economy, our Prime Minister has announced a $70‑billion investment in Canada's economy made possible by the quality, experience and know-how of our workers. On this side of the House, we will always work to build a strong Canada and a strong economy because we understand wha…
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Mr. Speaker, members of the Bloc Québécois are a little late to this situation. They must have been busy yesterday voting against the budget and against projects in Quebec. Still, I have some news for them. We are already in contact with Arbec. We are already negotiating a line of credit. We are prepared to support them, to help them pivot. Instead of focusing on voting against projects in Quebec,…
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moved that a ways and means motion to introduce a bill entitled An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025, be concurred in.
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moved that Bill C-15, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025 be now read the first time and printed. (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
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Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from the Conservatives. What they did yesterday under their leader was to vote against investment in infrastructure. Under their leader, they voted against investment in housing. Under the Conservative leader, they voted against productivity and innovation in our country. Under their leader, they voted against investment in our sovereignty. On this side of the …
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Mr. Speaker, I am glad to see that the Leader of the Opposition read the executive summary of the budget. One thing is for sure: We are not going to take any lessons from the Conservatives. Yesterday, the Conservatives voted against investment in infrastructure. The Conservatives voted against investment in housing. The Conservatives voted against productivity and innovation in this country. The C…
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Mr. Speaker, that is precisely the question Canadians are asking themselves at home. How could the Conservatives have the nerve to vote against Canada yesterday? Our budget is all about strengthening Canada's sovereignty. Our budget invests in our military capacity. Our budget increases military salaries. How are the Conservatives going to go back to their ridings and explain to their constituents…
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Mr. Speaker, we will always be there for forestry workers. We have a fund specifically designed to help businesses. Yesterday, in a dramatic turn of events, the Bloc Québécois voted against projects in Quebec. The Bloc Québécois voted against the Port of Saguenay expansion, against the Port of Montreal expansion and against Exploramer and its shark pavilion. The Bloc Québécois is opposed to the sh…
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to see smiles on the faces of my Bloc Québécois colleagues, because there is a lot of good news in the November 4 budget. Bloc members are in the Magdalen Islands for the announcement about the airport. I hope they will be available for tonight's vote because I know the people of the Magdalen Islands. They watch television, and they will be watching tonight's vote. There …
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. We worked together with our NDP colleagues, and the result was obviously to maintain programs that are important to Canadians. These include child care, school food and national pharmacare programs. The most important thing is that we are making a generational investment in affordable housing that should help all Canadians. We will always be ther…
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Mr. Speaker, I know it is a big budget. I am afraid they may have missed a chapter. Let me help them. Someone called Kevin Page, who served our nation, said: We need to focus on economic growth. We need capital investment to boost innovation, improve our infrastructure and diversify trade. We live in dangerous times, and we must meet our NATO spending targets. I believe Parliament should approve t…
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Mr. Speaker, it is only Monday and we already have good news: Inflation is down, employment is up and we have presented a generational investment budget to Canadians. We are going to invest in building this country. We are going to invest in protecting our sovereignty. We are going to empower Canadians. We are going to grow this economy at the second-fastest rate in the G7, because we believe in C…
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Mr. Speaker, I think, as it is Friday, it is worth repeating. The economy has added 67,000 new jobs. Even the Conservatives are happy this morning, on a Friday. We can look at their faces. They are smiling because they are going back home and they have good news, and not only on the budget. There are hundreds of pages of good news. Also, this morning they can say that the plan of the government wi…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for her advocacy. In the throne speech, we said we must fight climate change, and our new climate competitiveness strategy includes measures to reduce emissions, including by strengthening industrial carbon pricing, incentivizing investments to reduce carbon and mobilizing private capital. We are also creating a new youth climate corps to empower young peopl…
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Mr. Speaker, I think my colleague saw in the budget that we were true to our values, Canadian values. We made sure that, while we did a budget focused on the future and investment, we protected people, child care, pharmacare and dental care. We understand on this side of the House that affordability and supporting Canadians at a time like this are essential. At the same time as we are going to bui…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague will remember that the first thing we did for Canadians was cut taxes for 22 million Canadians because we understood that affordability is at the heart of the concerns of Canadians. More than that, I am sure he saw in the budget an initiative that I know he supports, because we talked about it when we made benefits automatic for Canadians. That is the way we want to do th…
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Mr. Speaker, we have lots of good news for Canadians, but only 30 seconds to explain it. Yes, with Build Canada Homes, we are going to build more affordable housing. With the community-building fund, we will be able to invest in water systems and municipal infrastructure. We have set up a health infrastructure fund, as Quebec requested. All members of the House should stand in support of a generat…
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moved: That this House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 83(1), I would like to table, in both official languages, the budget documents for 2025, including the notices of ways of means motions. The details of the measures are contained in these documents. Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), I am requesting that an order of the day be d…
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Mr. Speaker, I have a great deal of respect for my colleague, but yes, it is a generational investment budget. I can tell him that we were innovative with this budget. He should be very pleased. I know that the Quebeckers watching us are happy because for the first time, in our infrastructure fund, there will also be funding for health infrastructure, an issue raised by Quebec. Quebec has asked us…
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Mr. Speaker, we made a clear choice. We chose Canadians. I know the budget has many pages. Maybe my colleague missed a chapter, but let me help him because we have a bit of time. We made the choice to invest in Canadians. We made the choice to protect and build our communities. We made the choice to invest in our young people. We made the choice to invest in our workers. We made the choice to inve…
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Mr. Speaker, let me repeat that, because I know they like to hear it: Canada has the strongest fiscal position in the G7. We are not the only ones who have said it; the director of the International Monetary Fund has said that Canada and Germany stand out. We have the fiscal capacity to invest. We are going to build this country and we are going to protect this nation. We are going to build Canada…
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Mr. Speaker, I understand that my colleague has had a lot of reading to get through today, but there is an entire chapter on climate competitiveness. We understand that it is not only the right thing to do, but also the smart thing to do. My colleague will be pleased to see what is in the budget. I will give him this evening to read the budget, but he will see the many investment tax credits it pr…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. We are in Ottawa. I would like to reassure all public service employees, who do exceptional work. I think everyone in the House can applaud them. These are men and women who are there to serve Canadians. We thank them for their work. We value their work. In our plan, we are saying that we will bring the public service back to a more sustainable s…
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Mr. Speaker, even the Conservatives are cheering. They should be cheering about this as well: We made permanent the national school food program, helping 400,000 children each year. I know in their hearts, they support it. We have launched automatic federal benefits, reaching 5.5 million low-income Canadians, to ensure no one gets left behind. We will strengthen competition in the telecommunicatio…
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Mr. Speaker, I have a lot of respect for my colleague, but he might have noticed that the world has changed, and this is a new government, and—
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Mr. Speaker, perhaps we should start over and give him another chance. There is a difference between spending and investing. The member should be happy because the people in his riding will see investments in infrastructure. They may even see investments in health care infrastructure. The plan we are proposing today is an investment plan, a generational budget of generational investments. People a…
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Mr. Speaker, I have more good news for the Leader of the Opposition. He will be happy to hear that we on the government side have already put measures in place. We have presented a 100-day plan to fix the situation at the Canada Revenue Agency. That is because on this side of the House, we are aware that we need to do better and keep Canadians informed. Here is another thing that we do on this sid…
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to see that the Leader of the Opposition is looking forward to November 4. I am too, as are all Canadians. Why is that? It is because we will have good news for Canadians this November 4. We are going to present them with an ambitious plan. When I was in Washington last week, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund cited Germany and Canada as examples of …
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Mr. Speaker, I think we all know on this side of the House, and Canadians know, that math might not be the cup of tea of the Leader of the Opposition, and neither may be economics. Let me quote one of the authorities in the world, who is the director general of the International Monetary Fund. She said just last week: And then we have countries in the G7 that are in a better position. Germany and …
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Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from the Conservatives; trust me on that. At every step of the way, they fought against dental care. At every step of the way, they fought against the national school food program. At every step of the way, they fought against pharmacare. At every step of the way, they fought against programs that would support Canadians at a time of need. No one on that side o…
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Mr. Speaker, I have enormous respect for my colleague, and he knows it. I am sure he will be pleased to know that we have already taken action. We did not wait for the Auditor General's report. Several weeks ago, I asked for a 100-day service improvement plan because we want to provide good services to Canadians. In addition—and I am sure he will spread this news in his riding—we even introduced a…
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Mr. Speaker, I am not sure who is watching question period today, but I doubt whether the people in his riding would be proud of seeing him attack those who work at the Canada Revenue Agency. These public servants do exemplary work. What they need is an improvement in processes and technology. Everybody wants to ensure that Canadians get good service. I know that he is aware that CRA agents work h…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for bringing the affordability issue to this floor. We work together. There is a lot we can be proud of that we have achieved together. When we think about dental care, when we think about pharmacare, when we think about the national school food program, those are all the types of programs. The Conservatives call them slogans. When one is on the government s…
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Finally, we have a good question, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday my colleagues and I were proud to announce a very important measure to combat fraud and financial abuse. Yes, the Conservatives may want to listen to that. We announced measures to improve financial security for Canadians. In our upcoming budget, we will introduce the first-ever national anti-fraud strategy. We will also implement a new fina…
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Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from the Conservatives. Members on this side of the aisle, and all Canadians, believe in this country. Canada is the place where we attract talent. Canada is the place where we build ships, we build cars and we build planes. Canada is the place where we have critical minerals. Canada is the place where we have energy. Canada is the only country in the G7 with f…
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Mr. Speaker, I have even more good news for the Conservatives. On November 4, we will present a budget with generational investment that is going to make Canada the strongest economy in the G7. We will invest in our people. We are going to build this country. We are going to empower Canadians. We are going to build Canada strong, and we are going to do it with all Canadians.
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Mr. Speaker, indeed, the world is changing and we must adapt. That is exactly what the Prime Minister said: We must “spend less so we can invest more”. That is why, earlier this week, I presented a new approach, a new framework that will focus on capital formation and, at the same time, change the budget cycle. This will give parliamentarians, including the opposition, greater clarity when reviewi…
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Mr. Speaker, there is a lot of good news to come, and there will be even more on November 4. My colleague should know that the first measure our government put forward affected 22 million Canadians. I am sure that my colleague must be telling everyone in his riding that, thanks to the Liberal government, 22 million Canadians are now paying less tax. On November 4, we will have generational investm…
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Mr. Speaker, I know it is Monday, but I already have good news for the week. Canadians understand that the world is changing. We need to adapt, and we have a generational opportunity to invest in Canada. This morning, we announced a new capital formation budgeting framework. In the new budget cycle, my colleagues will be happy because it is going to give them more clarity to see the budget expendi…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his excellent question. He knows that we have always invested in the aluminum sector. The aluminum sector is a key sector, a strategic sector, like the steel, forestry and automobile sectors. We have even had meetings together. He knows that, on this side of the House, we will always be there to support our workers in the aluminum industry. We will alw…
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Mr. Speaker, today is a great day. Canadians understand that the world has changed and that we need to adapt. We need to focus on capital investments. That is why we introduced a new fiscal framework that focuses on capital investments and sets the record straight given the budget cycle. That is very good news. This will give my colleagues some clarity so they can review the measures in the budget…
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Mr. Speaker, listening to the Conservatives is disheartening. What they are not telling Canadians is that Canada is in an enviable position among the G7 countries. Canada has the lowest debt-to-GDP ratio and the lowest deficit-to-GDP ratio. It is also one of only two G7 countries, the other being Germany, to have an AAA credit rating. Instead of criticizing the Canadian economy, my colleague shoul…
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