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The Economy Mr. Speaker, it seems the member opposite is having trouble with the facts. The average Canadian family is actually $2,000 better off every year because of decisions we have taken on this side of the House. After Stephen Harper's anemic levels of growth, which we had to return
December 10th, 2018House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Transportation Mr. Speaker, we remain committed to improving road safety with the help of our provincial partners. The Harper Conservatives did absolutely nothing to improve road safety for 10 years. The task force conducted extensive consultations in 2017-18, including round tables
December 5th, 2018House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Ethics Mr. Speaker, we know the Conservative Party is in trouble when it falls back on the same failed approach of personal attacks and smears that characterized it through 10 years of Stephen Harper, 10 years of low job creation and the worst economic growth since the Great Depression
December 5th, 2018House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Ethics attacks and smear jobs that characterize 10 years of Stephen Harper's Conservative leadership. We see that the Conservatives actually have no new approach to governing the country and no alternative proposal for economic growth. They are still stuck in the same old approach
December 5th, 2018House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Ethics Mr. Speaker, the opposition's responsibility is to oppose, to ask difficult questions and to challenge what the government is doing. Unfortunately, this Conservative opposition is still stuck in its old Stephen Harper ways, choosing to rely on personal attacks, innuendoes
December 5th, 2018House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, if the Conservatives' strategy of shouting and shaking their fists at things actually got things done, Mr. Harper would have gotten 10 pipelines built to new markets, but he did not. We have taken a different approach. We have approved the LNG Canada terminal
November 28th, 2018House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Finance Mr. Speaker, during the financial crisis of 2008, the Conservative government put billions of dollars into the Canadian economy but did not manage to stimulate economic growth for Canadians. On the contrary, Stephen Harper's Conservative government posted the worst economic
November 28th, 2018House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of the Harper Conservatives not doing anything on the environment, the Conservatives show that they still do not get it. While our plan to put a price on carbon pollution will reduce emissions and drive innovation at the same time, the Conservatives
June 13th, 2018House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
National Defence , which started under the Harper Conservatives. Unlike the Conservatives, we will not compromise our ability to meet our NATO and NORAD commitments. That is why we launched an open and transparent competition to replace the aging CF-18s, something the Conservatives could not get done
November 21st, 2018House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Finance Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives still, stubbornly, do not get it. Every year, we decrease the debt-to-GDP ratio, while at the same time grow the economy and create jobs for Canadians. We are living up to the commitments we made to Canadians. They are stuck in Stephen Harper's
November 21st, 2018House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Canada Revenue Agency able to identify taxpayers who participate in aggressive tax avoidance schemes. With respect to offshore tax evasion, the CRA has more than doubled the number of completed offshore audits since we have taken office. Unlike the Harper Conservatives, fighting tax evasion in Canada
November 20th, 2018House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Finance communities and put more money back into Canadians' pockets, because we knew that that was the way to create the economic growth that was so lacking in the Harper years. Under our watch, Canada has the lowest unemployment rate in 40 years, and it had the highest rate of growth in the G7
November 20th, 2018House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Finance Mr. Speaker, the hon. member was not here at the time, but Mr. Harper added $150 billion to Canada's debt. We do not need any lectures from the Conservatives, especially since they were not even able to demonstrate that their investments stimulated growth. We have created
November 20th, 2018House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Finance Mr. Speaker, I do not blame her for it, but the member opposite seems to be forgetting the last years of the Harper government, when it nickel-and-dimed its veterans, shut down veterans services offices, and demonstrated tax breaks for the wealthiest and boutique tax cuts while
November 20th, 2018House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, the member opposite is mistaken, because he must think we are still under Stephen Harper's plan that was phasing out coal by the 2060s. This plan, our approach, is to phase out coal by 2030. We know that we need to take immediate action to fight climate change
October 31st, 2018House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal