Pierre Poilievre at the Public Accounts Committee

On May 5th, 2016. See this statement in context.

May 5th, 2016 / 10:05 a.m.

Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

Did the finance department do any analysis on how much economic activity this initiative would suppress?

If I can elaborate, they would have had to take $400 million out of the economy in order to put $400 million into the economy, unless the money was printed. Was there any analysis on what impact taking $400 million out of the economy would have?

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