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Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, she was not successful, because she gave one and then she had to look down. She could learn a lot from the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, because his delivery was really good. I go back to exactly what I said before, which is that what matters the mo
May 21st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, I thank the member for that very serious question. I think it is a fair question, and an angle that, quite frankly, the government should be pushed on because there is always more that we can do. There is the northern housing plan, and I might have the name wrong
May 21st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, it goes to what I was saying during my speech, which is that Conservatives are taking people's anxieties, turning them into a weapon and then using it against them. They are trying to convince Canadians that inflation is completely driven by the government and that
May 21st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, on the first part, I want to congratulate the member because he is one of the members who can get all four of those out perfectly. He did not lose eye contact and did not show that he may be forgetting one. It was very well done. To answer his question, I would a
May 21st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, I am answering his question. For growing economies, we know that, as long as our growth is outpacing our deficit, we are in a fiscally responsible position, and that is the reality. They are laughing right now, but they should talk to Stephen Harper because that
May 21st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, for starters, monetary policy is something that is done by a central bank. Fiscal policy is done by a government. Maybe the member should just Google those terms so he knows what he is talking about in the future. When he asks about who is leading the debate, he
May 21st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 He is right: It is summer. Madam Speaker, that is because the Conservatives will not let this debate collapse. They just keep dragging it on and on. The finance minister has spoken to the bill, probably on more than one occasion. He suggests I am the lead on this when we have bee
May 21st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, we know that Conservatives were wrong when they predicted inflation would go up as a result of the supports we were investing in for Canadians, and we know that they were also wrong when they tried to suggest that inflation was created by the current government, be
May 21st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 That is right, Madam Speaker; it is Loblaw. Does my colleague know what the percentage is? He does not. It is 42%, so 42% of groceries in this country are controlled by Loblaw and their retail. With Loblaw and a couple of the other large grocery retailers, very quickly I see how
May 21st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Madam Speaker, we request a recorded vote, please.
May 21st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak to the very important piece of legislation before us. It is what we call the fall economic statement, which was, yes, introduced in the fall. Unfortunately, because of Conservative delay tactics and their continuing to put forward amendments a
May 21st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, in reality, we know that inflation is something that is going on throughout the entire globe. I know that the member for Saskatoon—University just ran back in here and sat down so he could heckle me. I challenge him to ask me a question, to actually think about a
May 21st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Madam Speaker, the member is right. A lot of what we are hearing is language that is aimed at dividing Canadians and using those anxieties against Canadians. The reality is that what Canadians have been going through in the last year and a half or two years, since coming out of t
May 21st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Madam Speaker, if I understand this correctly, Conservatives are saying it is this government's fault people have to use food banks, but when this government puts forward a solution to that, this member says it is not in the jurisdiction of the federal government, one should read
May 21st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal
Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Madam Speaker, I know that the member was in the House earlier in the debate when a Conservative colleague stood up and tried to glowingly suggest that Stephen Harper had actually balanced a budget in 2015. I was not here at that time, but I certainly know how Stephen Harper did
May 21st, 2024House debate
Mark GerretsenLiberal