Government Operations committee  When Stephen Harper was prime minister in 2011, the Conservative government introduced three years of painful austerity cuts to the military. It was $1 billion in 2012, $2 billion in 2013, and $1 billion in 2014. That's how the Conservatives brought military spending to below 1%. It was absolutely woeful.

Housing  We have a concrete plan that we are implementing. He has nothing to offer but insults, attacks, budget cuts and austerity.

Carbon Pricing  When it comes to student loans and helping students, and when it comes to EI and pensions in particular, the Conservatives are nowhere to be seen. They want to make cuts. They are a party of austerity.

Taxation  We are doing the hard work of delivering for Canadians while he proposes nothing but cuts to programs, austerity and catchy slogans. We need a continued, responsible approach to government, and that is exactly what we are delivering.

Carbon Pricing  Whether we are talking about food banks, dental care, child care or seniors, its goal is not to help the vulnerable. We know that the Conservatives offer nothing but austerity and cuts to programs that Canadians need. We will continue to be there for people by fighting climate change and by providing them with direct support.

Public Accounts committee  We, of course, have another failure, which is to support the public service writ large. We know that when austerity takes place in Canada, when we see our public services take a hit for this work, we see a vulnerability begin to build. This vulnerability is largely, in today's 21st century reality, in IT contracts.

Public Accounts committee  We've seen consecutive Liberal and Conservative governments cut down the public service. We see austerity, and when we have austerity to the public service, it's my firm belief that we are now vulnerable to these kinds of very real challenges present to a government. I know it's not something we can fix just like this, with this report.

Foreign Affairs committee  It's quite an elaborate system, but there's always the issue of whether they have enough resources to really provide the diplomats with the training they need, linguistic or otherwise. Any time there is an era of budget austerity, training is always the low-hanging fruit. The other issue for me with training—and this is something I have thought a bit about on the intelligence side too—is the lack of accountability on training and the lack of performance measurement.

Business of Supply  There are pensions, employment insurance and funding for dental care and child care. All of this comes together and is part of an unfortunate pattern that puts austerity at the very heart of the Conservative agenda. We have to be non-partisan on these issues. I certainly believe that and will continue to believe that, but I think I can be forgiven for saying in this debate there is a place for us to look at the record of the Conservative Party members when they were in government to understand the sincerity of their current approach and the sincerity they have, or do not have, frankly, when dealing with this very important issue, an issue every member of Parliament is affected by because their constituents are affected by it.

Taxation  There are more jobs working now than before the pandemic. That party continues to put forward an austerity agenda that would do what? It would cut pensions, cut EI and cut the Canada child benefit, dental care, child care, all of it. The Conservatives do not believe in the social programs that have upheld this country in so many different ways.

Finance  Either he supports Canadians by voting for the statement, or he continues to push for cuts and austerity.

Housing  Mr. Speaker, austerity is something Canadians are already very familiar with because rent has doubled everywhere in Canada under this Prime Minister's eight-year tenure. He promised to reduce costs, but he increased bureaucracy.

Housing  It involves voting against our measures to provide concrete help to Canadians. Their plan offers cuts and austerity, not solutions.

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from these austerity Conservatives when it comes to supporting the most vulnerable Canadians. Since we formed government, 2.3 million Canadians have been lifted out of poverty, and the poverty rate has fallen from 14.5% when they were in government to 7.4%.

Finance  The real question that Canadians need to ask themselves is this. What would the Conservatives cut in their reckless and ideological pursuit of austerity? We have heard from them on health care. That is the first place they would go to make cuts.