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Mr. Chair, how much new debt per person?
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Mr. Chair, 106% increase in debt?
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Mr. Chair, the question was about debt. How big is Canada's national debt today?
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Mr. Chair, is there a minister involved in finance who can answer questions?
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Mr. Chair, do they provide briefing notes?
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Mr. Chair, does the Finance Department brief associate ministers on matters related to finance?
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Mr. Chair, fraudulent CERB recipients was the question. How many?
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Mr. Chair, so the only number we are getting is nine million when I ask how many people took the CERB who did not live in Canada. If nine million is not the right number, which number is?
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Mr. Chair, why is the minister hiding the true number of people not living in Canada who got the CERB?
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Mr. Chair, how affordable are such houses?
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Mr. Chair, if so, how much have house prices increased since the government took office?
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Mr. Chair, could we replace the minister with a cassette tape that we could just hit “play” on?
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Mr. Chair, I will ask one last time. In dollars, how much have house prices risen since the government took office?
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's response was just incredible. He said even after house prices increased by a third, he did not think about monetary policy; even after gas prices hit $1.60 in some places, he did not think about monetary policy; even as CPI hit a two-decade high, he did not think much about monetary policy, because he only thinks about himself. Will he not admit that what it took … Read full speechShow less
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's response was just incredible. He said even after house prices increased by a third, he did not think about monetary policy; even after gas prices hit $1.60 in some places, he did not think about monetary policy; even as CPI hit a two-decade high, he did not think much about monetary policy, because he only thinks about himself. Will he not admit that what it took for him to start thinking about inflation is when we put his name in the word?
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Mr. Speaker, on October 28, 2020, the finance minister promised Canadians they would have deflation. For the Prime Minister's benefit, that means prices go down. Today the Bank of Canada confirmed that we have inflation. Again, for those who do not think about monetary policy, that means prices go up. Everything the Liberals said would go down is going up and everything they said would go up is no… Read full speechShow less
Mr. Speaker, on October 28, 2020, the finance minister promised Canadians they would have deflation. For the Prime Minister's benefit, that means prices go down. Today the Bank of Canada confirmed that we have inflation. Again, for those who do not think about monetary policy, that means prices go up. Everything the Liberals said would go down is going up and everything they said would go up is now going down. Now that the Prime Minister has himself spinning in circles and saying his own name here on the floor of the House of Commons, will he finally admit that what we have in this country is just—
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister got confused when he was asked about this famous middle class he is always talking about. It turned out he said it is those people who live off their income instead of their assets, except that inflation hits folks who live off income the hardest because their paycheque is worth less, while helping those people, like him, who live off ancestral assets. Their assets … Read full speechShow less
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister got confused when he was asked about this famous middle class he is always talking about. It turned out he said it is those people who live off their income instead of their assets, except that inflation hits folks who live off income the hardest because their paycheque is worth less, while helping those people, like him, who live off ancestral assets. Their assets appreciate and inflate in value. Maybe the reason he does not think about inflation is because he benefits from it. For example, could the Prime Minister tell us how much his mansion in the Laurentians has inflated in price since he took office?
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Mr. Speaker, speaking of wealthy landlords, I have here the financial stability report from the Bank of Canada, which shows that since the Prime Minister started pumping $400 billion into the financial system, wealthy landlords have seen a 100% increase in mortgage lending they have been able to acquire. Cheap debt for the wealthy investor class, high inflation for the working class. More dollars … Read full speechShow less
Mr. Speaker, speaking of wealthy landlords, I have here the financial stability report from the Bank of Canada, which shows that since the Prime Minister started pumping $400 billion into the financial system, wealthy landlords have seen a 100% increase in mortgage lending they have been able to acquire. Cheap debt for the wealthy investor class, high inflation for the working class. More dollars chasing fewer goods means higher prices. Does the Prime Minister realize that every time he takes a trip to the central bank, Canadians have to go over to the food bank?
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Mr. Chair, does the minister have any idea what it costs for the average person to buy a house in Canada? Does he have any idea, or does he even care?
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Mr. Chair, the question was about land price inflation. How much have land prices inflated in the last year?
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Mr. Chair, he is allowed to say that he does not know.
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Mr. Chair, I think that the average Canadian can see how much the government knows and cares about the cost of buying a home in this country. The government members' level of care is zero. I am going to give the member one last chance. Can he tell us what it costs the average Canadian to buy the average house in Canada today?
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Mr. Chair, my question is for the minister of middle class prosperity, who is a member of Parliament here in Ottawa. What is the average cost of a home in the city of Ottawa?
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Mr. Chair, maybe the President of the Treasury Board can help by telling us the average cost of a house in the nation's capital.
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Mr. Chair, what is the average increase in house prices since the government took office in 2015?
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Mr. Chair, I asked for just the average house price.
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Mr. Chair, what would they pay for the average house?
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Mr. Chair, I think there is a problem with the audio in the chamber. The question was, what is the average cost of a house in Canada today?
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Mr. Chair, the member bragged about the CERB. According to the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, reporting entities indicated that clients have applied for and received CERB despite not living in Canada and appeared to be residing in a jurisdiction of concern. How many people not living in Canada got the CERB?
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Mr. Chair, I am glad to know that the minister does not think housing or debt are matters of substance. Back to the CERB fraud. How many people not in Canada got the CERB?
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Mr. Chair, the question was about the CERB, not the wage subsidy. How many people not in Canada got the CERB?
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Mr. Chair, I think the problem is he is not hearing me. The question was about the CERB. FINTRAC says that people who do not even live in Canada were getting the CERB. How many of them got it?
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Mr. Chair, did the minister just say nine million people not living in Canada got the CERB?
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Mr. Chair, who will pay for the fraudulent CERB recipients?
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Mr. Chair, is there a technological advance that might help the minister answer the question?
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Mr. Chair, can the officials who are here today hand the minister a new script? He seems to be reading one unrelated to the questions.
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Mr. Chair, one last time, FINTRAC, which is responsible for monitoring monies that are misappropriated, organized crime and money laundering, indicated that many people have received the CERB even though they do not even live in Canada. I am going to ask one last time: How many was that?
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Mr. Chair, what is the inflation rate for the price of land in the last year?
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Mr. Chair, land prices are a global phenomenon. Does the minister realize that the land we have here does not come from the rest of the globe? It is already here.
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Mr. Chair, “land-flation”. How much?
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Mr. Chair, the question was this. How much have house prices inflated in the last year?
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Mr. Chair, the Liberals hand the minister a speech that a bureaucrat wrote for him and he stays glued to it. Why do we not just elect a robot to read off these speeches that are written by bureaucrats in the finance department? That robot at least would stick more tightly to the script than he has. If he does not actually have any answers to the factual questions, is it possible that he could be r… Read full speechShow less
Mr. Chair, the Liberals hand the minister a speech that a bureaucrat wrote for him and he stays glued to it. Why do we not just elect a robot to read off these speeches that are written by bureaucrats in the finance department? That robot at least would stick more tightly to the script than he has. If he does not actually have any answers to the factual questions, is it possible that he could be replaced with a robot?
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Mr. Chair, the question was not how much poorer Canadians are; it was how much more expensive their housing has become. Can the member tell us this? What is the average house price right across Canada today?
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Mr. Chair, can the average Canadian afford the average house?
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Mr. Chair, the question was this. Can the average Canadian afford the average house?
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Mr. Chair, maybe more specifically, what share of the average Canadians' take-home pay would they have to spend on mortgages and other housing costs in order to live in the average house?
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Mr. Chair, what would it cost the average person to buy the average house in Canada today?