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The continuation of blowing Canadians' money is putting a burden on future generations of Canadians
Jul 23, 2025
Every government has to make choices. The continuation of blowing Canadians' money is putting a burden on future generations of Canadians. It is putting a burden on inflation. It is creating a monetary mess in this country. We are going to have to address it. -- This video has automatic dubbed versions. Go to Setting / Audio track and select your preferred language among the following: - English - Dutch - French - German - Hindi - Indonesian - Italian - Japanese - Korean - Polish - Portuguese - Spanish Thanks for watching!
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and comments. Sorry, questions and
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comments.
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Okay. Who
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over here?
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The honorable member for
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the honorable member for uh
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remind me here.
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King's Hands.
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King's Hands, of course.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and let me uh
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start by saying congratulations to you
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on your election to the chair. Uh very
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welld deserved, and I know you will uh
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keep us in good standing here in this
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house. I'd like to thank the honorable
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member from Calgary Center, I believe it
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is, uh for his remarks. Uh even if we
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don't always agree, I think he does
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deliver his speeches here with a level
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of class and professionalism that uh
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should be the way in which this place
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operates. Um I listened to portions of
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his speech. I will admit I didn't hear
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the entirety. He talks about the
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importance of balancing budgets. Uh I
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think that obviously perhaps maybe he
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missed in the speech from the throne
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that the prime minister and this
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government has committed to an
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operational balance within 3 years. Mr.
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Speaker, I think that that is extremely
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important. I hope he would agree. But he
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must also acknowledge and recognize that
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we do have ex major expenditures in
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defense in the investment in housing in
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infrastructure. Surely he's not talking
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about complete balanced budget and
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absolutely not investing in those
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critical infrastructure that's needed in
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the time for the country.
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The honorable member for Calgary Center.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank my
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colleague for the comments on the other
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side and I thank him for the question.
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Every government has to make choices.
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The continuation of just blowing
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Canadians money is putting a burden on
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future generations of Canadian. It's
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putting a burden on inflation. It's
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creating a monetary mess in this
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country. We are going to have to address
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it. We do have to make choices. And yes,
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Mr. Speaker, as the member will probably
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know, even my party during this
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election, we projected deficits for the
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next four years. And balancing that
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going down to a much smaller number than
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this government has put forward for the
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next 5 years. So, it's a directionally
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much different government as far as
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making choices and not throwing out the
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baby with the bathwater for the future.
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so future Canadians can actually spend
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on the programs they're going to need
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rather than spending on the programs
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that were delivered by their parents and
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their grandparents. Thank you very much.
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[Applause]
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Questions and comments. The honorable
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member for
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. First,
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I congratulate you on your election as
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speaker
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at the beginning of this 45th
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parliament. I would like to thank from
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the bottom of my heart the people of my
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writing who have placed their trust in
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me for another term.
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I thank them. Mr. Speaker, here's my
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question for my colleague, the member
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for Calgary South. In the speech from
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the throne, provincial jurisdiction is
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not respected when it comes to social
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programs, housing, immigration. The
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government of Quebec has spoken very
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clearly. It wants the government of
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Quebec to have full jurisdiction over
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immigration.
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Does my conservative colleague agree
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with this request from the National
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Assembly of Quebec?
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We want the government of Quebec to be
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fully and solely responsible for all
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things related to immigration.
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Center.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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I thank my Kebaqua colleague on his and
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for his question and I congratulate him
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on his re-election. I believe this is
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his second term.
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I would like to answer his question.
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Immigration
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is under federal jurisdiction. It exists
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hand in hand with provinces, working
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with provinces.
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Immigration.
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When it comes to immigration,
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provinces need to work with the federal
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government.
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When immigrants arrive in Quebec, there
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are not Quebec Quebec borders and
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Canadian borders. If someone arrives in
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Quebec, they are arriving in Canada.
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And that's why the federal government
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must remain involved
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for Canora Kuinong.
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Thank you. Thank you very much, Mr.
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Speaker. Uh, and congratulations on your
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election. And if you'll permit me, I'd
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like to use this opportunity uh briefly
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first to uh thank the people of
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Northwestern Ontario for uh placing
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their trust in me once again. It's an
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incredible privilege and honor to serve
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in this place. And I thank the member
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from Calgary Center for uh his great
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speech uh here this morning. I just uh
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I'd like to note that the prime minister
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was elected uh really on a promise, Mr.
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Speaker, uh that he was the man with the
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plan to take on Donald Trump and get our
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economy back on track. But now we know
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that there really isn't that much of a
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plan. In fact, he's not even planning to
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bring forward uh a budget this spring.
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Uh Mr. Speaker, I'd like to know if the
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member uh from Calgary Center has any
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thoughts about how concerning and
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irresponsible it is to be not not be
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bringing forward a budget this spring.
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Great question.
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The honorable member for Calgary Center.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do thank my
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colleague for that question. It is one
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of the most fundamentally imperative
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jobs of this chamber, this House of
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Commons to hold the government to
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account for the spending it's going to
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take. Right now, that government thinks
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it's going to have a blank check for the
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next year. So, it has to make put put it
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on the table. Here's our election
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promise is what we're doing. But now
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we're actually not being accountable at
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all. 150 days from the time they
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actually get elected to the time they're
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going to pay it. It's far too long for
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Canadians to know what to expect in
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their finances here going forward.
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That's right.
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