Discussion · Government Orders
Gérard Deltell Conservative
“The minister has been in cabinet for ten years while Canada's debt grew past one trillion dollars. I want him to tell us how much interest Canada pays on that debt each year.”
“Madam Chair, it took the Liberal government’s CRA a decade to do the right thing, which was a decade longer than it took Revenu Québec. The minister was elected at the same time as me, in 2015. The Prime Minister put him in cabinet almost immediately, which means that he has been one of the senior ministers in the Liberal administration for the past decade. That makes him one of the top architects of the debt that grew to over $1 trillion over that decade. Can the minister tell us what the interest on the debt costs Canada every year?”
Official Hansard
Madam Chair, it took the Liberal government’s CRA a decade to do the right thing, which was a decade longer than it took Revenu Québec. The minister was elected at the same time as me, in 2015. The Prime Minister put him in cabinet almost immediately, which means that he has been one of the senior ministers in the Liberal administration for the past decade. That makes him one of the top architects of the debt that grew to over $1 trillion over that decade. Can the minister tell us what the interest on the debt costs Canada every year?