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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has built the fastest-shrinking economy in the G7. Did the Liberals not learn anything from Justin Trudeau, that the more they spend, the worse it gets for Canadians? Ten years of deficit spending has left Canadians with high inflation, and it is only getting worse. In typical Liberal fashion, the Prime Minister promised to cap government spending, yet he is going t…
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians were promised one thing, but the bait and switch left them a leader who is elbows and knees down now, and the Liberals cannot get their story straight on the economy. First they blamed Trump's tariffs for having the fastest-shrinking economy in the G7. Now they claim they have the best deal on tariffs with the U.S. It does not add up. Since the Prime Minister took office, he…
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Mr. Speaker, today is the big day. The Prime Minister is in Washington begging with his elbows down, chasing a trillion dollars of Canadian investment jobs to the U.S. He promised to sign a deal by July 21. It is October. Instead he caved to the president's demands on countertariffs and digital services taxes. Now Canadian workers, businesses, manufacturers and farmers all got hit with double U.S.…
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Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of Liberals, Canadians are not safe anymore. Violent crime is up 55%, gun crime is up 130%, and extortions are up 330%. Recently, the Swift 1200 radio station in Surrey was shot up, which was allegedly tied to extortion. A Calgary family reached out to me to say their house and business were shot up, and that was also tied to extortion. The Liberals' soft-on-crime polic…
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Mr. Speaker, Justin Trudeau tried to make groceries the most expensive in Canadian history. The Prime Minister said, “Hold my champagne.” In August, food inflation outpaced overall inflation by 84%, and now the Parliamentary Budget Officer said the deficit could soar to $70 billion. It is the Liberal deficit that fuels the inflation tax that made grocery prices go up. Why is the Prime Minister so …
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Mr. Speaker, that food program is feeding bureaucracy, not kids. The finance minister made a grand show and said he was going to haul in all the grocery store CEOs, tell them what was on his mind and say, “Hey, buddy, you had better lower grocery prices, or else.” Then he doubled the deficit, making inflation go up, making food prices soar and sending two million Canadians into food banks. Why doe…
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Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of Liberal government, food prices have skyrocketed 40%. The Prime Minister said he would be different, and he is right; he is even more expensive than Justin Trudeau was. He is doubling the deficit, racking up the federal debt and blocking anything that would help bring food prices down. With Liberal inflation, food prices are 75% over the bank's target. Why does the P…
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Mr. Speaker, in the last election, Canadians were duped by a guy who is committing economic vandalism. The finance minister said that he would bring down the cost of groceries by Thanksgiving 2023. It is almost Thanksgiving 2025, and the cost of groceries has skyrocketed. It is as though the Liberals' solution to the cost of living crisis, which they created, is to spend even more than Trudeau did…
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Mr. Speaker, it is about a $90 tax cut. That is not even enough to get a bunch of bananas in the week, but Liberal policies are bananas. It is always about promises that they might do something. It is fantasy finance and pretend promises. At this rate, the next budget might as well come out with a box of crayons and a colouring book. The Prime Minister said to judge him by the price of groceries; …
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Mr. Speaker, believe it or not, the Prime Minister admits he will outspend Trudeau. Large Liberal deficits made core inflation 50% over target and food prices 75% over target. No wonder everything is so expensive in this country. Let us listen to these stats: beef is up 33%; soup, 24%; and coffee, 22%. Now inflation is up, deficits are up, and borrowing costs are up, while the economy is down, and…
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With regard to the Statement of Transactions of the Government of Canada, for fiscal years 2025-26 to 2029-30, broken down by year: what are the most up to date projections for (i) budgetary revenues, (ii) program expenses, excluding net actuarial losses, (iii) public debt charges, (iv) total expenses, excluding net actuarial losses, (v) budgetary balance before net actuarial losses, (vi) net actu…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is continuing the Trudeau tradition of breaking his promises and hiding from accountability. He refuses to table a spring budget, while massively increasing government spending and keeping the Parliamentary Budget Officer in the dark, and just like Trudeau, he cannot even get a tax cut right. He promised $800, yet the average Canadian will save only $90 this year, w…
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Mr. Speaker, this is coming from a guy who does not even do his own grocery shopping. The Prime Minister is bragging about a $90 tax cut this year, when his government's policies raised the cost of groceries $800. He has broken all of his promises: spending, tax cuts and high-priced consultants, and he is all elbows down on the U.S. While he is begging on his knees in front of Trump, Canadians hav…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister said that he was the man with a plan. A budget is a plan, and now he is shooting blanks. After being Trudeau's economic adviser for the past five years, he is worse than the old guy when it comes to accountability and transparency. As the Liberals hide, Canadians are worried about how much more debt, inflation and taxes are going to be dumped on them, since this guy…
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Mr. Speaker, these “leave it in the ground” Liberals keep blocking resource projects, giving more dollars to dictators. Radical Liberal policies are costing Canadian jobs and keeping our clean, responsible Canadian resources out of the hands of our allies. With the G7 now under way, will the Prime Minister put aside his radical climate agenda to make sure that Canadian resources get into the hands…
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Mr. Speaker, Canada cannot become energy independent until bad Liberal policies are repealed. The Prime Minister even admits that his own policies are not letting anything get built in this country. He even wants to give premiers a veto over pipelines, ensuring that Americans get Canadian product at a fire-sale price. With the world gathering in Alberta today, will the Prime Minister repeal his an…
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Madam Speaker, just because there is a new leader, it does not mean there is a new government. It is the same ministers sitting around the table, who caused the last 10 years of pain and misery for Canadians, who doubled the cost of housing, who made food prices go up and who made crime out of control in this country. The policies have not changed. The cabinet table has not changed, and neither wi…
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Madam Speaker, we are not angry at all. In fact, we told the Liberals that, if they are going to steal some of our ideas, why not just take all of them? This is what would get this country back on track. When it comes to the income tax cut, Conservatives proposed a bigger income tax cut that would have let families keep double, more than double, the amount the Liberals have in their plan. In fact,…
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Madam Speaker, I would add that I think the biggest threat to the Canadian economy is the Liberal government, because it put in place bills that are continuing to kill our energy industry, such as Bill C-69, the “no new pipelines“ bill; Bill C-48, the tanker ban; the oil and gas cap, which, according to Deloitte, will kill around 110,000 jobs here in Canada; and this industrial carbon tax. We need…
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Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time with my very good friend, someone who is a very hard worker and a very patriotic Canadian, the hon. member for Calgary Skyview. As the The Who says in its song Won't Get Fooled Again: Meet the new boss Same as the old boss. If the bill is any indication of how the government intends to make its legislation, we are going to see a repeat of all its old boss…
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Madam Chair, can the minister tell us how much his government will borrow to cover the debt for the new spending?
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Madam Chair, just giving the number, how much will the minister's government borrow this year on the debt?
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Madam Chair, Desjardins is predicting that the number could be $600 billion. What will that do to the debt interest cost? Will it go up, or down?
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Madam Chair, that was not my question. In the FES, the total debt shows as $1.27 trillion. That means the amount that is going to be borrowed will be half of the total debt that Canada has. Can the minister confirm whether the debt interest costs in the budget will go up, or down?
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Madam Chair, this is not very hard. The minister can easily answer. Will debt interest costs this year go up, or down, from what was projected?
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Madam Chair, obviously the number must be very bad, because the minister keeps avoiding answering a very simple question. The current Prime Minister is projected to spend more than Justin Trudeau did, by more than $225 billion over the next five years. How big will the debt servicing costs get, just the number?
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Madam Chair, the Parliamentary Budget Officer is projecting that in year 2029-2030, the debt servicing costs will be $70 billion. Last year, the debt servicing was more than what goes to health care transfers to the provinces. Can the minister confirm whether, at $70 billion, that will be more, or less, than what gets transferred to the provinces in health care transfers?
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Madam Chair, is it fair, according to the minister, that bankers and bondholders are getting more money than what goes to the provinces for health care transfers? Is that compassionate, according to the minister?
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Madam Chair, will the amount that goes to the provinces in health care transfers be more, or less, than the debt servicing costs next year?
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Mr. Chair, there was no date in there. On what date will $20 billion be collected, as the Prime Minister had said it would be?
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Mr. Speaker, does the finance minister believe that all Canadian taxpayers should pay the tax that they owe, yes or no?
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Mr. Speaker, when the minister was a Trudeau minister, his government claimed to crack down on wealthy Canadians evading taxes by moving money offshore. Did the government's efforts capture the current Prime Minister's actions, setting up offshore investment funds worth $25 billion?
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Mr. Speaker, the minister is evading the question altogether. When the Prime Minister was at Brookfield, he set up offshore funds in the most notorious tax havens, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. Did the government's offshore crackdown cover the Prime Minister's shady activities, yes or no?
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Mr. Speaker, I would be happy if the minister could actually answer a question. Of the funds the Prime Minister set up, one was headquartered at a local bike shop. Would the government's actions cover this type of tax evasion, yes or no?
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Mr. Speaker, I can assure the minister that no one has enough time to watch him. The minister cannot answer if these types of actions would be caught. The Prime Minister set this up in 2022 and 2024, when he was a financial adviser to Justin Trudeau. Was there a government effort to turn a blind eye to this tax evasion, yes or no?
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Mr. Speaker, as the Minister of Finance, will he commit to ensuring that any company Brookfield is invested in and the Prime Minister has interest in will not unfairly receive government grants, loans or funding?
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Mr. Speaker, does the minister believe a single premier in this country should have the power to veto national energy projects vital for our economic future?
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Mr. Speaker, does the finance minister believe a single premier can veto a project that is in the national interest?
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Mr. Speaker, does the Minister of Finance believe that the oil and gas cap is helpful to building national energy projects, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, I will be splitting my time three ways. During the election, the Prime Minister said he would collect $20 billion in U.S. tariffs. Can the minister confirm on what date they will be fully collected?
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Mr. Chair, can the minister confirm this: Is he saying that he will not collect the total $20 billion in U.S. tariffs, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, I will take that as a “no”. How much in tariffs will be collected this month, in June?
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Mr. Speaker, pipelines are crucial for Canada's economic prosperity. With the weight of his office, will the Minister of Finance push for the construction of new national pipelines?
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Mr. Chair, the minister refuses to answer on what date they will be collected. Will the $20 billion be collected by the time the minister gets around to making his budget?
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Mr. Chair, will the rest of the tariffs be collected by the time the budget comes out, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, when will the minister collect the remaining amount of the $20 billion?
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Mr. Chair, how much in tariffs will be collected in July?
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Mr. Chair, if the minister does not know, the officials are sitting there, and he can ask them as well. How much in tariffs will be collected in September?
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Mr. Chair, tariff collection was a part of the Liberals' costed platform. Now there will be a downfall. How big will the deficit be if the remaining amount will not be collected?
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Mr. Chair, can the minister tell us on what date the budget will be tabled?
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