Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I would be glad to answer the member's question. I do not know if he was in this House for the full speech I gave, because I acknowledged that supply chains do have an impact on inflation and that rising commodity prices around the world, exacerbated by the war in

Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1  Madam Speaker, it is seldom that we Conservatives are on the same page with the Bloc, but in this case I have to agree with the member. This is an omnibus bill that the Prime Minister promised he was never going to table in this House. That is exactly what he did. Do members kn

Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1  Madam Speaker, that was quite an introduction to my speech. It basically took all the oxygen out of the House. Let me start by saying that this bill is effectively the budget implementation act, which would implement a portion of the last federal budget, budget 2022, which was t

Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I am going to ask the minister a question that I have asked her before. It is one that we have not received an answer to. It is a question that I believe Canadians deserve an answer to. It has to do with the state of Canada's finances. We have incurred the largest

Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, I hope I will be able to finish my motion before we get all these “no”s from across the way. There have been discussions among the parties, and I believe you will find unanimous consent for the following motion, that, given that the government tabled the largest spe

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, I cannot answer that in 10 seconds, but I will say that we are not here in any way promoting the interests of the rich and the wealthy, as the member may have suggested. We are not even in government. We do believe that the wealthy should pay their fair share. Th

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, I again remind the member for Kingston and the Islands, which is the home to one of my cousins actually, of what I said in my speech, which is that this is the largest budget in Canadian history that this bill is reflecting. The bill is legislation for implementing

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, that is a trick question, as he would have concluded. I can say that we as Conservatives believe in co-operative federalism, where we work with the provinces and territories to come up with solutions to problems, including the huge problems we have within the hea

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, I will start by saying that I am seeking unanimous consent to share my time with the hon. member for Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola.

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to chime in on this debate again. Bill C-8 is actually a piece of implementing legislation that arises out of the biggest spending budget in Canadian history, namely budget 2021, which was tabled well over a year ago. That budget set a

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I would request a recorded vote.

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, the Governor of the Bank of Canada admitted that inflation is much higher than expected. When asked to explain how to protect Canada's finances, he said, “don't spend too much”. We know that the Prime Minister does not think about monetary policy, but Conservative

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, the governor also announced that, because of inflation, every single Canadian pays $2,000 more a year. He said Canadians should expect more interest rate increases, leaving millions of Canadians paying more on their mortgages and on their loans. When the governor was

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, this morning, the governor of the Bank of Canada was very clear that inflation is no longer transitory. In fact, Mr. Macklem said, “Team Transitory has disbanded.” For months, the government has claimed that inflation was a passing global phenomenon, nothing to see.

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, tax and spend policies have killed the Canadian dream. Every day we ask the government what it is doing to make life more affordable for Canadians, and every day it tells us how much money it is spending. It is not about how much money one spends; it is about the res