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Mélanie Joly

Replying to Eric Lefebvre (Conservative)
“Mr. Speaker, here is a riddle. Which former Quebec Liberal finance minister said, “Balancing the budget is not an obsession.... It is a basic requirement so that we can move forward with all of our other public policies”? Which finance minister said that? I cannot name him, because he is currently serving as a Liberal MP and as a member of the Standing Committee on Finance. He is someone I hold in high regard, and I agree with him on the importance of balancing the budget. Does the Prime Minister agree with his MP?”

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Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for giving me the opportunity to pay tribute to my colleague, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry. He did a great job when he served as Quebec’s finance minister, and he is also doing a great job as parliamentary secretary. We are working together every day to manage the tariff crisis. When I hear my colleagues talking about all the crises that Canada has faced in recent years, I do not understand why they do not think that we are in a crisis right now, given that we are in the midst of a trade war, dealing with job losses and trying to create economic growth, when the U.S. administration wants to—