“Madam Speaker, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the interest on the national debt is the fastest-growing category of government expenditures, outpacing health care transfers. How does my colleague think the government could reduce spending and put the budget back on a more responsible path?”
Statement grade
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Average 91 / 100
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Madam Speaker, Procedure · 3 wordsit is unbelievable.ProcedureClaims · 16 wordsWe are paying more for interest on the debt than we are investing in health care, 1Procedure · 5 wordsas my colleague just said.ProcedurePositioning · 27 wordsHas anyone thought about everything that could be done with that money?The problem is the current Liberal culture; the Liberals spend recklessly without achieving any results.PositioningClaims · 55 wordsI often talk about a real-life example involving the lease of a parcel of land in Nova Scotia.A private company leases land for $13,500 and is leasing it back to the Liberal government for $20 million a year for 10 years.2That comes to $200 million.3That is how the government spends its money.Reasoning · 12 wordsWe need sound management, and the culture of reckless spending must end.
