Mr. Chair, all the details are included in the main estimates. I would advise my colleague to—
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Liberal
Shafqat Ali Liberal Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, ON
Mr. Chair, all the details are included in the main estimates. I would advise my colleague to—
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Conservative
Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025-26Business of SupplyGovernment Orders
Conservative
Dave Epp Conservative Chatham-Kent—Leamington, ON
Mr. Chair, does the minister want to capture potential differential interest rate savings between capital and operational financing?
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Liberal
Shafqat Ali Liberal Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, ON
Mr. Chair, if my colleague has any specific questions, I could entertain him on the side, because it is very hard to give a—
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Conservative
Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025-26Business of SupplyGovernment Orders
Conservative
Dave Epp Conservative Chatham-Kent—Leamington, ON
Mr. Chair, that was a very specific question. Is the minister capturing differential interest rate savings?
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Liberal
Shafqat Ali Liberal Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, ON
Mr. Chair, we are here to discuss the main estimates 2024-25.
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Conservative
Dave Epp Conservative Chatham-Kent—Leamington, ON
Mr. Chair, public debt-servicing charges are forecast to increase from this year's $46.7 billion to $49.2 billion, then up to $55 billion by 2029. Are these projections based on a stable interest rate?
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Liberal
Shafqat Ali Liberal Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, ON
Mr. Chair, what I can tell the member is that our debt ratio is 10.1%, and our total budget is—
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Conservative
Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025-26Business of SupplyGovernment Orders
Conservative
Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025-26Business of SupplyGovernment Orders
Liberal
Shafqat Ali Liberal Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, ON
Mr. Chair, that is up to the Governor of the Bank of Canada.
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Conservative
Dave Epp Conservative Chatham-Kent—Leamington, ON
Mr. Chair, given what we have witnessed here tonight, where should Canadians get the confidence that Canada will maintain its AAA rating?
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Liberal
Shafqat Ali Liberal Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, ON
Mr. Chair, Canadians have confidence in this new government. That is why they elected this new government. That is why they rejected your leader.
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Conservative
Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025-26Business of SupplyGovernment Orders
Conservative
Dave Epp Conservative Chatham-Kent—Leamington, ON
Mr. Chair, the Liberals say they want to supercharge our economy, yet they are responsible for continued trade irritants with the Americans.
Is the minister aware of the existence for 70 years of the binationally governed and binationally funded Great Lakes Fishery Commission?
Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025-26Business of SupplyGovernment Orders
Liberal
Shafqat Ali Liberal Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, ON
Mr. Chair, we have a Prime Minister who has a proven record of building economies and uplifting nations, not one or two nations, so he—
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Conservative
Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025-26Business of SupplyGovernment Orders
Conservative
Dave Epp Conservative Chatham-Kent—Leamington, ON
Mr. Chair, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission is binationally funded through your treasury. Are you aware of it?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Tom Kmiec
The member must go through the Chair.
The President of the Treasury Board.
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Liberal
Shafqat Ali Liberal Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, ON
Mr. Chair, I can ask the department to provide my colleague the information.
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Conservative
Dave Epp Conservative Chatham-Kent—Leamington, ON
Mr. Chair, is the minister aware of the internationally governed and internationally funded International Joint Commission?
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Liberal
Shafqat Ali Liberal Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, ON
Mr. Chair, again, I would refer the member to the minister responsible for that file.
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Conservative
Dave Epp Conservative Chatham-Kent—Leamington, ON
Mr. Chair, that is an excellent answer. I will come back to that.
Where would one find in the main estimates how much money flowed to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission?
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Liberal
Shafqat Ali Liberal Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, ON
Mr. Chair, the main estimates include $486 billion—