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Madam Chair, the member would appreciate that by reducing taxes, we are helping all Canadians. The measure we just announced will help 22 million Canadians.
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Madam Chair, I know my colleague is eager to hear the numbers, I can see it in his eyes, but he will have to wait a little longer. He will get them when we present a budget in the fall. I can say that he will be proud to present the people of Richmond—Arthabaska with an ambitious budget that will build Canada. I know he wants to build Canada too, because I know him.
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Madam Chair, I would first like to salute my colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent—Akiawenhrahk. He has a lot of experience and he knows that I have a great deal of respect for him. I am pleased to see that he is keeping track of the number of days I have been Minister of Finance. I always learn something from my colleague. I just learned that it has been 88 days. I can tell him that I plan to keep o…
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Madam Chair, that makes me smile. I can tell my colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent—Akiawenhrahk that the Prime Minister of Canada and I are as close as close can be. We are working together to grow the Canadian economy. We are going to build the strongest economy in the G7, and that will benefit my colleague's constituents. He is very happy; I can see it in his smile this evening.
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Mr. Chair, he asked me this all evening. I am an old guy, and I will answer the same thing: Seven is seven.
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Mr. Chair, what I said to this House and to all Canadians is that the unemployment rate in May was 7%, and the member is well aware of that. With respect to projection, I will let him guess what he thinks, but what I can say on this side of the House is that 7% was the number in May 2025.
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Madam Chair, I have the utmost respect for the member for Mirabel, but he honestly knows the answer to his question. I do not want to add anything to his knowledge. He is very familiar with the file.
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Mr. Chair, the colleague will be very happy when we table the budget in the fall. He will have a chance to review that. For now, what I can say is that “The Fiscal Monitor”—
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Madam Chair, I come from Shawinigan and I do not presume to try to explain to an hon. member from Mirabel things he already knows.
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Madam Chair, transparency is one of the values that we all defend as Canadians. Every member of the House stands up for these values as well.
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Madam Chair, I have had several discussions with the automotive sector in Quebec and Canada. The stakeholders know that I have always worked hand in hand with them, which has allowed us to attract record investments.
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Mr. Chair, we said we would be presenting a great budget, and I know the member will have—
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Madam Chair, my colleague will be pleased to learn that the tax cut we have offered is going to help 22 million Canadians, and obviously a number of Ontarians. I am happy he voted in favour of that particular—
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Mr. Chair, again, in May, the unemployment rate in Canada was 7%. That is a public figure.
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Mr. Chair, I know he is anxious. It is going to come in the fall, and it is going to be great. We just have to be a bit patient, but it is going to be great. He is going to like it. I see it in his face.
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Mr. Chair, we have already answered that question. We said there will be a full budget, a great budget actually, a budget that looks forward, that is ambitious, that is going to make Canada resilient. It is going to be in the fall.
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Madam Chair, I have a lot of respect for the member, but why did he vote against a national school food program for children? That is the question people are asking tonight. If he wants to go with this line of questioning, I am happy to answer, but people—
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Madam Chair, again, I do not want to go down this line of questioning with the member, because he is an honourable member, but why did he vote against a program to support children, the national child care program? If the member wants to go down that line of questioning, he has to be able to take the heat from his constituents, who are going to ask, “Why did he vote against the program?”
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Mr. Chair, we would hope that by that time, there would be no tariffs imposed on Canada.
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Madam Chair, I do not need to confirm what is being done in the United Kingdom. It is public information.
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Mr. Chair, we want to build a resilient economy, so by building a resilient economy, obviously we would expect that the unemployment number would remain steady, because we want to build a very sustainable—
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Madam Chair, the member should take comfort that the first measure passed by this government in this House was a tax cut for the middle class. I know this is good for her because she is going to be able to go to her riding and say she voted in favour of a great Liberal proposal to reduce taxes for 22 million Canadians.
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Mr. Chair, as I am sure we hope, and as all Canadians hope, there would be no tariffs. Therefore, as we would appreciate, this is not something we wish—
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Madam Chair, I know the member is eager to present it to her constituents and have her constituents look at this great budget, but she will have to wait just a bit longer. It is going to be great, and she is going to be proud of the budget.
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Mr. Chair, I am sure the member can find this number in the estimates, and she can look at “The Fiscal Monitor”.
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Mr. Chair, the member is an experienced member of this House. He will know that we have countertariffs in place and that we have collected money. We have been very clear that these sums will be used to support workers and industry in Canada.
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Madam Chair, the Liberals did not wait. The first thing we did in this House, which the member voted in favour of, was a ways and means motion to reduce taxes for 22 million Canadians. She should be proud. She can put that in her householder to inform all her constituents that she voted—
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Madam Chair, again, the member should be very happy because the first order of business was to reduce taxes for people. That is what Canadians care about. It is up to $840 for a family with two incomes. This is great news for people in her riding.
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Mr. Chair, I am impressed that the member has been listening to the Liberal campaign, and she can draw her own conclusions.
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Madam Chair, a great thing, which is responsible, is to cut taxes as quickly as possible for Canadians. They need a break, and the Liberals are there for them.
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Madam Chair, since 1994, five budgets have been tabled after the fiscal year began, and a number of times it has been under a Conservative government.
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Mr. Chair, I have already answered that question a couple of times. We have collected $1.7 billion so far, and that sum of money will be used to support our workers and our industry, as we have said.
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Mr. Chair, the answer is that Canada has an AAA credit rating. It is a great position to be in.
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Mr. Chair, the member will be pleased to know that the United Kingdom also divides between operating expenses and capital. She would know that other G7 countries are doing that.
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Mr. Chair, it is very public. I know that the hon. member is a very experienced member. He is a man who knows the numbers. If he looks at “The Fiscal Monitor”, which is a great document—
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Mr. Chair, “The Fiscal Monitor” for April to March 2025 stated $43.2 billion. The member would be able to see it. It is public.
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Madam Chair, for the people of Mirabel and Saint-Maurice-Champlain who are tuning in, I am going to keep this simple. People at home understand that when they go to the grocery store, they are spending money, and when they buy a house, they are investing money. People at home understand the difference in no uncertain terms. We will be extremely transparent about the accounting rules we apply.
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Mr. Chair, I am happy to respond as to what the deficit number is today. With respect to the future, the member will have to be patient.
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Mr. Chair, it is public, and I would be happy to, but there will be more questions. I am sure the member can look at the estimates, and she would know.
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Madam Chair, not only do I have the will, but I have the desire to present a great budget for Canadians that the member can be proud of and set in her own jurisdiction and her own riding.
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Mr. Chair, we have been very clear to Canadians that we would balance the operating budget of this government within three years. I know the member is looking forward to the budget. It is going to be great. I know he is so anxious, but he will just have to wait a bit—
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Madam Chair, as I said, what folks watching at home want is to have a government that has their back. That—
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Mr. Chair, the member would know that a good part of the federal budget is transferred to provinces to support great programs that help people in her riding—
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Mr. Chair, it is a pleasure to answer that question. The member will know, as we have been public about this, that we have collected $1.7 billion so far in countertariffs in Canada—
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Mr. Chair, it is a real privilege to be with you tonight and to answer questions from the member. As he knows, we have mounted the largest number of countertariffs, probably in Canada's history, to face the unjustified and illegal tariffs that have been imposed by the United States.
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Madam Chair, as I said, we are proud of what we have achieved together, and we will always be there for the auto industry, in both provinces.
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Madam Chair, I am fighting every single day for forestry workers, for steel workers and for auto workers, and they know I have their back. We will keep fighting for them.
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Madam Chair, as I have already said, we want to do more with regional and local media. It is a concern, as I said. The member should be happy. I am answering his question by going to the heart of it. I am saying that I am concerned about this issue. I have talked to people in the industry. It is a cordial question. I am even reaching out to the member so that he can make suggestions to the Standin…
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