Families, Children and Social Development   decline in poverty throughout the country and, in particular, child poverty. When Canadians needed their government there during the pandemic, we were there for them, providing all sorts of relief through emergency programs. The Conservatives were on the side of austerity. That party

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, I offer my sincerest condolences to the member opposite for his loss, and I offer supports to the family of Jesse as they deal with this very difficult time. It is in moments like these that we really need to understand why austerity and cuts just do not do it. We

Government Operations committee  Let me ask you about military spending, because you talked about the fact that a big chunk of these supplementary estimates is for defence. When Stephen Harper was prime minister in 2011, the Conservative government introduced three years of painful austerity cuts

Housing  Mr. Speaker, the Conservative leader is offering budget cuts, austerity and disputes with municipalities and non-profit organizations, or NPOs, across the country. We are choosing to work hand in hand with the municipalities, the provinces and NPOs to build more housing, lower

Carbon Pricing   to EI and pensions in particular, the Conservatives are nowhere to be seen. They want to make cuts. They are a party of austerity.

Taxation   putting more money in their pockets. We are doing the hard work of delivering for Canadians while he proposes nothing but cuts to programs, austerity and catchy slogans. We need a continued, responsible approach to government, and that is exactly what we are delivering.

Carbon Pricing   care, child care or seniors, its goal is not to help the vulnerable. We know that the Conservatives offer nothing but austerity and cuts to programs that Canadians need. We will continue to be there for people by fighting climate change and by providing them with direct support.

Public Accounts committee   is to support the public service writ large. We know that when austerity takes place in Canada, when we see our public services take a hit for this work, we see a vulnerability begin to build. This vulnerability is largely, in today's 21st century reality, in IT contracts. IT contracts

Public Accounts committee   in a position where they must accept a contract. This is not new in the federal public service. In my perspective, we've witnessed these kinds of cuts since the nineties. We've seen consecutive Liberal and Conservative governments cut down the public service. We see austerity, and when we

Foreign Affairs committee   system, but there's always the issue of whether they have enough resources to really provide the diplomats with the training they need, linguistic or otherwise. Any time there is an era of budget austerity, training is always the low-hanging fruit. The other issue for me

Business of Supply   of this comes together and is part of an unfortunate pattern that puts austerity at the very heart of the Conservative agenda. We have to be non-partisan on these issues. I certainly believe that and will continue to believe that, but I think I can be forgiven for saying in this debate

Taxation   than before the pandemic. That party continues to put forward an austerity agenda that would do what? It would cut pensions, cut EI and cut the Canada child benefit, dental care, child care, all of it. The Conservatives do not believe in the social programs that have upheld

Finance   continues to push for cuts and austerity.

Housing  Mr. Speaker, austerity is something Canadians are already very familiar with because rent has doubled everywhere in Canada under this Prime Minister's eight-year tenure. He promised to reduce costs, but he increased bureaucracy. Yesterday, the builders' association reported

Housing   against our measures to provide concrete help to Canadians. Their plan offers cuts and austerity, not solutions.