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

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from these austerity Conservatives when it comes to supporting the most vulnerable Canadians. Since we formed government, 2.3 million Canadians have been lifted out of poverty, and the poverty rate has fallen from 14.5% when they were

Finance   have awarded Canada a AAA rating. It does not get better than that. The real question that Canadians need to ask themselves is this. What would the Conservatives cut in their reckless and ideological pursuit of austerity? We have heard from them on health care. That is the first

Finance   should be asking about the Conservative austerity ideology is, “Where will they be making cuts?”

Finance  Mr. Speaker, the Conservative leader continues to rise in the House to talk about austerity. Last week, we saw the true nature of the Conservative Party's austerity. The Conservatives voted against help for dairy, egg and poultry farmers in Quebec. They voted against funding

Finance   the glasses. It takes more than a couple of bags of McDonald's to feed Canadians. That is why we are going to continue to step up and be there with investments for Canadians, while he talks about cuts and austerity, and then goes and votes for cuts and austerity.

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, the gift came from the Conservatives last week when they put their ideology of budget cuts and austerity on full display. Cuts like those hamper Quebec's economic growth, especially in the tourism industry. Why are Quebec Conservatives unwilling to make cuts

Health committee   on the pandemic's impact on treatment delays, recognizing that we should have invested more in Canada's health care system, and that has been the case for a very long time. The pandemic simply highlighted the cuts that were made over time, in the name of austerity, to our health care system

Government Business No. 30—Proceedings on Bill C-56   up here in Ottawa. We all know how much this Prime Minister likes spending other people's money. Despite reduced revenue, our perennially spendy Prime Minister did not label this an austerity bill—not yet, anyway. Maybe he will change his mind when he reads the bill and realizes

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act   to act. This fake austerity will take a toll on the most vulnerable among us, and I refuse to accept that.

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act   austerity. In any case, it will be able to control Parliament for another two years before the next general election, probably, with the complicity of the NDP. Then it will hand out some pre-election gifts when the time comes. To me, it is not a matter of means, it is a matter

Public Accounts committee  What about the austerity portion that they are concerned about?

Public Accounts committee   to the pending water legislation that will not leave first nations with the problems that successive governments' policy and lack of adequate funding created? Where is the funding attached to this initiative, particularly in a time of austerity?

Housing  Mr. Speaker, we are well aware that the Conservative Party's approach is austerity and cuts. We are investing in housing. We are investing to ensure that Canadians can live more affordably. We know that things are difficult for Canadians. Austerity and cuts are not the answer

Carbon Pricing   rebate. They have stood against the investments we are busy making to support Canadians right across the country because they stand for austerity and cuts.