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Carney govt. BLASTED for treating taxpayer dollars like some seedy secretive corporate bank account
Jul 22, 2025
It's insulting to Canadians. How is this Liberal government asking to spend half a trillion dollars without a budget? ... And only one month later he has already torn down that facade, treating taxpayer dollars like some seedy secretive corporate bank account instead of the purse strings of this nation. Mr Speaker, in what world can this prime minister justify spending half a trillion in taxpayer dollars without a budget? -- 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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Lakes
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Speaker. Under these Liberals, it's the
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same spending, same ministers, and same
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painful consequences for Canadians.
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Except now, we don't know the
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government's full plan be because they
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refuse to table a budget. Something
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quite new to Canada. Budgets have been
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presented during wars, economic
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downturns, and yes, even following
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elections. We do know that this
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government has increased spending on
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consultants by 36%, meaning every
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Canadian household must pay $1,400 to
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get gimmicks instead of results. How is
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this Liberal government asking to spend
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a half trillion without even a budget?
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Minister of Finance.
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Mr. Speaker, it's the same old
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Conservative but with new slogan. Mr.
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Speaker, we're just a week in this House
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and they're coming back with slogan. on
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this side of the house. Canadians
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watching at home know they can trust us,
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Mr. Speaker, because we promise and we
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deliver. We promise to be there for
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Canadians and the first thing we
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deliver, Mr. Speaker, was a tax cut for
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22 million Canadians. There are people
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in his writing watching today and
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they're going to thank this new Liberal
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government, Mr. Speaker, to make their
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life more affordable. But we have even
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more good news, Mr. Speaker. We're
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removing the GST on new homes for
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firsttime home buyers up to a million.
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Mr. Speaker, this is a
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the member for Hallebertton Kartha
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Lakes.
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Well, speaker, I don't think asking for
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a budget on behalf of Canadians is a
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slogan and actually something Canada has
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always had is a budget.
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In fact, this government has spent
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$330,000
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just on consultants to rebrand a Crown
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Corporation. The goal of that name
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change is to get people real excited
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about highspeed rail from Toronto to
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Quebec City. People in my area have
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grown quite tired of waiting decades for
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this project to become reality. So when
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will the government actually get shovels
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in the ground instead of patting the
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pockets of wellconnected Liberal
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consultants?
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Minister of Transport. I am glad to have
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the Conservatives finally talking about
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supporting big nation building projects
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at a time when our economy is being
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battered by US tariffs. That is exactly
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what we need. Now is the time to get
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shovels in the ground. Now is the time
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to build high-speed rail. Now is the
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time to build Canada. That is what the
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prime minister will be talking about
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with premers in Saskatoon. That is going
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to be what is in the bill that we will
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be presenting in this session and we're
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going to count on the Conservatives to
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support that.
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That's right.
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The member for Silky South Okanaga and
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West Kney.
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Mr. Speaker, the new Liberal Prime
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Minister is keeping the wasteful
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spending of Justin Trudeau. In fact,
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they they are increasing spending on
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building bureaucracy and on well
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connected consultants. The prime
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minister promised to cap spending at 8%
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and instead is increasing it at 2% and
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instead is increasing it by 8%. That's
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without even tableabling a budget to
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give this house a full picture of our
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public finances. How is the Liberal
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government asking to spend a half
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trillion dollars without a budget plan?
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President of the Treasury Board.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to remind the member
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that a lot of that funds in the main
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estimates are transfer payments to
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provinces and territories. That means
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billions of federal support for the
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member's promise and the constituents. I
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challenge the member to join us in
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supporting these investments so that we
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can deliver uh uh services to Canadian
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and build Canada strong.
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The member for Red Deer. Mr. Speaker,
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this week's throne speech confirms that
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Canadians are in for more of the same
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recklessness with this Liberal
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government. They promised to cap the
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spending at 2%. They've broken their
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promise again.
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Spending half a trillion dollars, almost
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8% more than Justin Trudeau. Same
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limitless spending, same mistakes that
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got Canada into this mess. Canada can't
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trust the Liberals gambling with their
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futures. When will the prime minister
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stop hiding the state of our finances
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and release a budget
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government transformation of public
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works?
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I'm very
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proud to uh have been elected with this
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government on a strong mandate to reduce
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bureaucracy, make government more
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efficient. We're working on it and the
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goal is to spend less so that we can
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invest more and that's exactly what
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we're doing with a tax cut for 22
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million Canadians. That's going to save
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on average per Canadian family $840. I'm
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hoping conservatives will rally behind
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this common sense.
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The member for Rajina Wascana. Mr.
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Speaker, over the last 10 years, the
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Liberal government's debt and deficits
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have been out of control. The prime
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minister said that his government had a
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plan to cap its spending increase at 2%
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and to cut expensive government
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consultants. But now the Liberals want
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to quadruple that spending increase and
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to spend 36% more on consultants, all
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without any accountability. Mr. Speaker,
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why are the Liberals spending half a
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trillion dollars with no budget?
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The Minister of Finance. Mr.
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Speaker, I'm I'm very happy by the
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question by by the member. In fact, what
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he's failing to tell Canadians watching
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today is that in fact Canada has one of
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the best balance sheet in the G7. Mr.
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Speaker, not only we have a AAA credit
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rating, Mr. Speaker, but we have the
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lowest debt to GDP ratio, Mr. Speaker.
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That is an enviable position. I just
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presided over the G7 finister meeting in
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BA recently. Mr. Speaker, the world is
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watching what Canada has to offer and
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the world wants what Canada has to
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offer. Mr. Speaker, in this sense, Mr.
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Speaker, we're going to build the
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strongest economy in the G7. We're going
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to make this country resilient and
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ambitious for all Canadians. for
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Hastings Lennox and Addington and Tyen
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Daga.
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The prime minister's first bill has
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shattered his spending promises. He was
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elected on a promise of financial
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transparency, accountability, and
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responsibility. And only one month
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later, he has already torn down that
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facade, treating taxpayer dollars like
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some seedy, secretive corporate bank
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account instead of the purse strings of
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this nation. Mr. Speaker, in what world
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can this prime minister justify spending
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half a trillion in taxpayer dollars
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without a budget?
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The president of the Treasury Board. Mr.
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Speaker, this new government is making
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sure that spending is being carefully
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managed and focused on our most pressing
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pri priorities. We will continue to
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review our spendings to make sure we are
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being efficient, effective, and focused
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on meeting the challenges and
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opportunities Canada faces.
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The member for Hastings, Lennox,
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Laddington, and Tyandaga.
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This government's dismissive rhetoric
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does not stand up to scrutiny. They
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promised to cap spending at 2% but hours
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later increased it by 8%. No fiscal
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anchor, no fiscal guard rails. We are in
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a fiscal freefall and workingclass
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Canadians are paying the bill, including
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nearly $1400 per household spent on this
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prime minister's corporate consultant
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cronies. Mr. Speaker, it's insulting to
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Canadians. How is this Liberal ask how
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is this Liberal government asking to
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spend half a trillion dollars without a
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budget?
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President of the Treasury Board.
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Mr. Speaker, let's talk about the
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investments in the main. It includes
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important funding to support the
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Canadian forces, health services for
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first nations, dental care, border
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services and immigration, veterans
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benefit and housing
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to the new government is investing in
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Canadians to build Canada strong.
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