“Mr. Speaker, we are seeing tonight the government’s lack of respect for Parliament. What we are supposed to be having is Adjournment Proceedings, where the government follows up on a question that was asked in question period. My question was very specifically about payroll taxes. I asked, “Why are the Liberals paying for their costly credit card budget with further tax increases on jobs?” Instead, the government sent the parliamentary secretary for health, which is not related to finance or employment, which was the topic of the question asked, and the parliamentary secretary for health, a different file, read out a written response that had absolutely nothing to do with the question. The question was not a request for a generic statement of the government’s position on the budget. It was specifically about payroll taxes and why the government was paying for its proposed measures with further planned increases to the tax on jobs. That was the question. This is what is supposed to happen in this segment of parliamentary life. Can we get an actual answer?”
Statement grade
F
The average of Signal, Relevance, Respect and Clarity is 58. The grade is held to 30, 30 above Signal.
30 / 100, held down by Signal
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Positioning 100%
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Mr. Speaker, Positioning · 71 wordsour plan is clear and disciplined.We are focused on what we can control, which is maintaining fiscal sustainability and making targeted high-impact investments for Canadians.That means reducing the operating deficit, upholding our fiscal anchors and ensuring every dollar supports growth, resilience and Canadians getting ahead.Partly on pointIf the member were interested in hearing an answer, he would be in the House to hear it, 1but he has left the House—PositioningOff point
