Discussion · Government Orders
Marilène Gill Bloc Québécois
“I want to know if the Conservatives think a wealth fund built on debt causes inflation. I also want to know if they think government spending on major projects and western pipelines causes inflation.”
“Madam Speaker, we can see my colleague’s love for his constituents and his desire to ensure that Canada’s economy comes out okay, if not better. I did not get a satisfactory answer to my questions when we talked about rigour and transparency. The Conservative Party is talking about inflationary measures, and I was wondering whether my colleague thinks that a sovereign wealth fund is an inflationary measure since the government’s sovereign wealth fund is not being created with money that has already been saved. It is a debt. I am wondering the same thing about the government’s major projects and the pipelines in western Canada. The government is spending money, but do the Conservatives consider that to be inflationary spending?”
Madam Speaker, we can see my colleague’s love for his constituents and his desire to ensure that Canada’s economy comes out okay, if not better. I did not get a satisfactory answer to my questions when we talked about rigour and transparency. The Conservative Party is talking about inflationary measures, and I was wondering whether my colleague thinks that a sovereign wealth fund is an inflationary measure since the government’s sovereign wealth fund is not being created with money that has already been saved. It is a debt. I am wondering the same thing about the government’s major projects and the pipelines in western Canada. The government is spending money, but do the Conservatives consider that to be inflationary spending?