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Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020 Madam Speaker, the arts are incredibly important. The Capitol Theatre is in my riding, as are many other great arts institutions, and they have been hit so hard. We would agree that the pandemic has been very difficult on them. As to the second part, I would like to use an analo
April 14th, 2021House debate
Philip LawrenceConservative
Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020 Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her advocacy on behalf of workers. The best possible way to help workers is to make sure that we get vaccines here in Canada, get jabs into arms and get Canadians safely back to work.
April 14th, 2021House debate
Philip LawrenceConservative
Taxation Madam Speaker, as Canadians are now facing the third wave of the global pandemic, the tax filing deadline is quickly approaching. Filing taxes is a stressful time for everyone, but in a global pandemic, it can be downright harrowing. Conservatives believe that the tax filing dead
April 16th, 2021House debate
Philip LawrenceConservative
Taxation Madam Speaker, I will take that as a “no”. This tax season our government has locked nearly one million taxpayers out of their CRA My Account because of its lacklustre cybersecurity. Many people are struggling to regain access to their accounts, which they need to file their ta
April 16th, 2021House debate
Philip LawrenceConservative
The Economy Mr. Speaker, Canada is facing the worst health and economic crisis in a generation. While the government has announced record spending in its budget, what it did not introduce was a responsible recovery plan. Many of my constituents are rightfully concerned that the debt introdu
April 21st, 2021House debate
Philip LawrenceConservative
The Budget Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure today to rise virtually on the first budget tabled in over two years. Before I begin, I would like to congratulate the Minister of Finance on being the first female to table a budget. Whatever our differences and beliefs, this is a significant ste
April 22nd, 2021House debate
Philip LawrenceConservative
The Budget Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure to split my time with the fabulous member for Niagara Falls. My hope was that this budget would contain provisions that would provide a road for economic recovery. Unfortunately, while the government announced record spending, it did not introduc
April 22nd, 2021House debate
Philip LawrenceConservative
The Budget Madam Speaker, I always enjoy the vim and vigour, if not the content, of the member's interventions. What I would say to him is what I said in my speech, which is that the government absolutely has a role. It has a role to create framework in order to make a fair and equitable ec
April 22nd, 2021House debate
Philip LawrenceConservative
The Budget Madam Speaker, the reality is there is only so much capital, so much money, out there. If we direct those monies to the private sector, we get jobs, we get taxes and then we can sustain our important social safety net. If debt starts to take off, and starts to syphon more of that
April 22nd, 2021House debate
Philip LawrenceConservative
The Budget Madam Speaker, I serve on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, so I hear the Auditor General repeat again and again that governments must be prepared for the unexpected. We must plan. It is not exciting to invest those monies, but unless we have the resources to respond we
April 22nd, 2021House debate
Philip LawrenceConservative
The Budget Madam Speaker, that is just factually incorrect. If we look at Venezuela, the Soviet Union and Cuba, we can see what that creates. Those types of socialist policies create scarcity and poverty. I am for abundance and freedom and for the Canadian—
April 22nd, 2021House debate
Philip LawrenceConservative
Taxation Mr. Speaker, today is the tax-filing deadline, which is a day dreaded by millions of Canadians. Despite the third wave of a pandemic, nearly one million taxpayers locked out of the CRA online portal, record wait times to contact CRA, and the call of millions of Canadians, tax pro
April 30th, 2021House debate
Philip LawrenceConservative
Agriculture and Agri-Food Madam Speaker, our farmers are the backbone of our community and the engine of our economy. They are the hard-working men and women who go out in the searing heat and bitter cold to put food on our tables and clothes on our backs. Canadians have not had to worry about their fo
May 10th, 2021House debate
Philip LawrenceConservative
Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1 Madam Speaker, first of all, I would like to thank the member for his passion and I invite him to use the first 10 seconds of his response to finish his speech. Then I would like to ask him about a very serious concern that my constituents are raising with me over and over again
May 26th, 2021House debate
Philip LawrenceConservative
Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1 Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his wonderful speech. Given the dramatic increase in debt, is the member not concerned that the Liberal government will cut transfers to the provinces, as happened in the 1990s under the Chrétien government?
May 26th, 2021House debate
Philip LawrenceConservative