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Mr. Speaker, I am wondering what my esteemed colleague thinks is the cause of all the broken promises we have seen from the new Liberal government. Does he think it might have something to do with the ministerial musical chairs we have seen going on in the Liberal cabinet? Who on earth promotes failed team leaders in the real world and expects better results?
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Mr. Speaker, it has been over 100 days and the Prime Minister still has not set up an ethics screen to deal with his business interests. Just imagine a local school board trustee voting for a multi-million dollar contract, then going to his business partner to build a school without telling anyone he is going to profit from it. Canadians would be outraged, and they should be. When will the Prime M…
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Mr. Speaker, how many women have to be beaten half to death before the government stops giving repeat offenders a free pass? Hugh Mason is 34 years old with a violent history that reads like a warning label: assault, assault with a weapon, uttering threats, resisting arrest, theft, breaching probation. Over and over again, in just three years, he has been hauled into court and released 37 times, a…
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Mr. Chair, it was a simple question: yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, I am just looking for the number.
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Mr. Chair, the number is around $1.3 trillion, but how much does our debt servicing cost?
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Mr. Chair, the question was, what are the debt-servicing costs?
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Mr. Chair, it is around $60 billion. How much is the current deficit?
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Mr. Chair, can the minister tell me how much federal debt needs to be refinanced over the next five years?
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Mr. Chair, ArriveCan was called an investment in digital innovation. Would that be on the investment budget?
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Mr. Chair, the $1.4-billion boost to CBC was called an investment in culture. Would that be on the investment budget?
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Mr. Chair, the GST holiday, which the former finance minister admitted was unaffordable, was also labelled an investment in affordability. Would that be on the investment budget?
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Mr. Chair, is this not just creative accounting to give the illusion of a balanced budget?
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Mr. Chair, would the minister agree that the bond markets we need to borrow from do not care about political word games, but want real numbers like debt-to-GDP?
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Mr. Chair, can the minister tell me how much the current debt-to-GDP ratio is?
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Mr. Chair, it is a simple question, Finance 101. How much will need to be refinanced over the next five years?
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Mr. Chair, can the minister explain what exactly will qualify as an investment?
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Mr. Chair, the federal government plans to divide the budget into two with operations and investments. Is that correct?
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Mr. Chair, again, the question is simple. Is the answer yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, the remaining $270 billion is new borrowing, fresh deficits on top of old. Does the government plan to stop adding debt to the pile, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, the PBO confirmed for me that the amount is $3.27 trillion. Over $2.8 trillion of that is just to refinance old debt we have never paid off. Is this sustainable, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, can the minister tell me how much the federal debt is?
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Mr. Speaker, this is a great question. Every family in Cloverdale—Langley City knows what it means to budget. Parents sit at the kitchen table every week deciding what they can and cannot afford. Meanwhile, the government racks up half a trillion in spending without even producing a budget. The more the Liberals borrow, the more it drives up interest rates, and that hits mortgages and grocery pric…
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Mr. Speaker, while I appreciate the question, I ran out of time to spotlight another huge issue, red tape, which is really impacting food affordability. Maurizio Zinetti, owner of Zinetti Foods in Cloverdale, recently approached me regarding an issue that will seriously impact food affordability. He reached out to share just how serious the impact of the new front-of-package labelling rules are fo…
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Mr. Speaker, while inflation continues to drive food prices higher, the government still has not taken the one step that could start to restore confidence. We are coming perilously close to summer, and Canadians still do not have a budget. Parliament voted unanimously for the government to bring a budget forward in April. Instead, all the Prime Minister says he will do is take note of the vote. Th…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister said he would be judged by the prices Canadians pay at the grocery store. Well, Canadians are holding him to that, and what they are seeing is shocking. Grocery prices are through the roof, food banks are overwhelmed, and more and more families are skipping meals, not because they want to but because they have to. In Cloverdale—Langley City, seniors who once relied …
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for the story about growing up on farmland. The costs being driven up by red tape are absolutely astronomical. In my speech, I specifically talked about inflation rates. That is such an incredible extra cost on every farmer that we cannot afford. If we continue to spend with recklessness, we will continue to see inflation rates rise.
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