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Only Liberals can tell Canadians that an 8% spending hike means good news for Canadians
Jul 24, 2025
Only Liberals can tell Canadians that an 8% spending hike means good news for Canadians
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questions.
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The member for Thorn Hill,
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the prime minister spent weeks parading
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around the country and promising
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Canadians he'd quote spend less. But the
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guy who was supposed to give us fiscal
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restraint dropped an 8% spending hike,
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promising after promising he'd cap
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government spending at 2%. A big broken
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promise and a half a trillion dollar
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spending bill without an actual budget.
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He called himself an Ottawa outsider,
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but he's picking up pretty quick on the
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ways of old Liberal Ottawa. Businesses
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and households across the country spend
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their money and live within their means.
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Why can't the Prime Minister do the
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same?
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Minister of Finance.
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Mr. Speaker, I'd like to thank my
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colleague for the question. In fact, we
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have more good news, Mr. Speaker, for
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Canadians. In fact, Statistics Canada
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just announced this morning that the
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Canadian economy grew by 2.2% to present
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in the first quarter. Mr. Speaker, this
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is a plan that is working. This is a
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plan about building the strongest
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economy in the G7. This is about
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transforming economy. Mr. Speaker, this
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is about an ambitious, a confident, and
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a prosperous Canada. Mr. Speaker, we
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will deliver for Canadians.
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The member for Thorn Hill. Leave it to
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the Liberals to tell Canadians that half
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a trillion dollar blank check and an 8%
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spending hike after promising to cap it
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at 2% means good news for Canadians. A
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request for a half a trillion dollar
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blank check isn't a plan. It's the exact
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opposite. And so far the plan is is the
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government wants to send $1,400 per
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Canadian family for consultants for
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government consultants. He said they cut
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it by $7 billion. Instead they increased
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it by six billion. If the prime minister
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is the man with a plan who who uh who
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who who you want to hire in a crisis,
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then why does he need to hire so many
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minister of finance?
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Mr. Speaker, this is an interesting
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question, but the real question this
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morning is how much the Canadian economy
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has grown over the last quarter. And the
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answer 2.2%.
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Much higher than economist predictions.
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So when you have a plan to grow the
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Canadian economy,
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to make it the strongest in the G7, to
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transform our economy, to have an
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ambitious and prosperous country, Mr.
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speaker. Well, that's what Canadians
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have asked for and that's what we're
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delivering.
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