“Mr. Speaker, the member mentioned executive bonuses, and I just want to point out that the company also gave some great bonuses to its executives, while it has built zero kilometres of rail line. I just thought I would put that on the record as well. I want to ask my hon. colleague a bit more about the interest rate and the value of our money, how that affects homebuilding, and what the government is doing to affect those things.”
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Claims 62%Reasoning 31%Positioning 7%
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 39 wordswe know that the value of the Canadian dollar has gone down.Actually, it has just gone down again over the last couple of days, 1so our dollar is not going as far as it did in years prior.Reasoning · 29 wordsWhen it comes to interest rates, what has happened to the Canadian dollar and our purchasing power is that the more the government spends, the greater the deficits are.Claims · 24 wordsThe PBO just said that the deficit is actually going to be $50 billion higher than first projected only a couple of months ago.2Reasoning · 23 wordsWhen the government continues to have a reckless spending problem, it leaves Canadians with less money in their pockets, and inflation goes up.Positioning · 11 wordsGovernment members talk about procuring wood to build homes in Canada, PositioningClaims · 40 wordsbut having 36 mill closures over the last couple of years in B.C. and Quebec is also going to make homebuilding less affordable.3They cannot get a softwood tariff deal done with the United States, 4which they promised to do.5
