Philip Lawrence at the Finance Committee

On March 30th, 2023. See this statement in context.

March 30th, 2023 / 1:05 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

I'm sorry. No. Maybe we're confused here.

I'm looking backward. There was supposed to be $3 billion in savings from departments. There wasn't. We discussed this with officials and they confirmed that this was in fact lapsed. In other words, it was dollars not spent on COVID benefits. It was put in that line item.

Is that fair or accurate? Can you see why I might be skeptical about the department's ability to deliver on 3% across-the-board tax cuts, when they've already failed to deliver on last year's supposed cuts?

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