Discussion · Government Orders
William Stevenson Conservative
“The government chose to run a $78-billion deficit and spend even more money after the budget. At the same time, high gas prices are bringing in extra tax money. I want my colleague to say more about how these government choices hurt Canadians.”
“Mr. Speaker, I listened to my colleague’s wonderful speech, and I would like her to expand a bit on something. She said that a lot of what government does is control what it can control, which has a big effect. The Liberals have a $78-billion deficit and had an extra $6-billion-plus in spending after they came out with the budget, so they have controlled a lot of what they are going to spend. Meanwhile, they are kind of ignoring the extra GST and the extra oil revenues from the high prices of gas and oil, which they are consuming. This could go a lot further if they intended. Can you expand on how the Liberals’ choices are affecting our citizens?”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, I listened to my colleague’s wonderful speech, and I would like her to expand a bit on something. She said that a lot of what government does is control what it can control, which has a big effect. The Liberals have a $78-billion deficit and had an extra $6-billion-plus in spending after they came out with the budget, so they have controlled a lot of what they are going to spend. Meanwhile, they are kind of ignoring the extra GST and the extra oil revenues from the high prices of gas and oil, which they are consuming. This could go a lot further if they intended. Can you expand on how the Liberals’ choices are affecting our citizens?