Business of Supply Mr. Chair, well, it applies to Canadians but apparently not corporations. I will ask again, how much money is the government spending on reclaiming emergency wage subsidy dollars from companies that posted profits and paid dividends?
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Business of Supply Mr. Chair, I do not know that Canadians think pretending to get money back from the poor and spending hundreds of millions of dollars to maintain the fiction has actually anything to do with fairness or that it is a prudent financial decision. Again, how much is the government willing to spend to chase money it already knows it cannot get back?
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Business of Supply Mr. Chair, they might also like to know that it applies to multi-billion-dollar corporations that received that money, have not paid it back and have not been asked to pay it back. How much is the government prepared to spend in going after companies that got wage subsidy money and paid dividends to their shareholders?
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Business of Supply Mr. Chair, earlier in her exchange with the Conservative leader, the minister said that platform documents represent a sacred trust. Seven and a half years ago, the government promised to reform the employment insurance system, and it has not done it. Is that breaking a sacred trust with Canadians?
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Business of Supply Mr. Chair, is the Volkswagen deal in writing?
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Business of Supply Mr. Chair, was the agreement in writing?
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Business of Supply Mr. Chair, the government has been spending over $30 billion on the TMX pipeline. It has a $15-billion growth fund. Does the minister share concern that the $30 billion being spent on a pipeline is going to bid up the cost of projects that the growth fund would invest in?
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Business of Supply Mr. Chair, is the nature of the disagreement on the fact that $30 billion on the TMX pipeline might bid up the cost of jobs for the growth fund?
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Business of Supply Mr. Chair, I am concerned to know if the minister thinks that the spending on TMX may well bid up the cost of other large infrastructure projects, like those foreseen for the growth fund.
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Business of Supply Mr. Chair, was the agreement in writing?
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Business of Supply Mr. Chair, how much does the government anticipate selling the TMX pipeline for?
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Business of Supply Mr. Chair, does the government canvass prospective buyers?
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Business of Supply Mr. Chair, how much does that market interest likely dictate it will get for the pipeline?
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Business of Supply Mr. Chair, the government is spending more than double on the TMX pipeline than it is putting into the growth fund. How much does it expect to get for the pipeline?
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Business of Supply Mr. Chair, we understand that the terms and conditions of the Stellantis deal are changing. Is that because the government did that initial deal on a handshake, or did it have a written agreement?
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