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Garnett Genuis Conservative
“The member is wrong to say Conservatives did nothing for skilled trades. Conservatives created grants for trades workers in 2006 and 2009. The Liberals cancelled those grants, and now they are just bringing them back.”
“Madam Speaker, the parliamentary secretary does not know what he is talking about, which is often true, but it is especially true in this case. Just to pick one example, the member says that Conservatives did nothing on the trades program and to look at the Liberals because they brought in these completion grants. However, the Conservatives brought in completion grants for the trades in 2009. We introduced, in our first budget in 2006, grants for trades workers. The Liberals cancelled those grants, but then reannounced that they were going to bring them back. It is pretty rich for them to say that the Conservatives did nothing when all the Liberals have done is announce the return of a program they—”
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Madam Speaker, the parliamentary secretary does not know what he is talking about, which is often true, but it is especially true in this case. Just to pick one example, the member says that Conservatives did nothing on the trades program and to look at the Liberals because they brought in these completion grants. However, the Conservatives brought in completion grants for the trades in 2009. We introduced, in our first budget in 2006, grants for trades workers. The Liberals cancelled those grants, but then reannounced that they were going to bring them back. It is pretty rich for them to say that the Conservatives did nothing when all the Liberals have done is announce the return of a program they—