Discussion · Oral Questions
Michael Chong Conservative
“The Prime Minister says Canada must prepare for future crises, including war. But the government's rising debt and interest payments leave us unable to handle them. I want to know if the government will hit its fiscal targets in tomorrow's budget.”
“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister’s new national security framework states that Canada needs to “Prepare for all contingencies up to and including war and other worst-case scenarios.” It puts economic security at the heart of that plan. Canada had the fiscal capacity to deal with the 2008 financial crisis and the 2020 pandemic, but the government’s rising debt and interest are reducing the capacity of the federal government to deal with the future crisis that the Prime Minister says is coming in his upcoming framework. For the sixth time, will the government hit its fiscal targets in tomorrow’s budget?”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister’s new national security framework states that Canada needs to “Prepare for all contingencies up to and including war and other worst-case scenarios.” It puts economic security at the heart of that plan. Canada had the fiscal capacity to deal with the 2008 financial crisis and the 2020 pandemic, but the government’s rising debt and interest are reducing the capacity of the federal government to deal with the future crisis that the Prime Minister says is coming in his upcoming framework. For the sixth time, will the government hit its fiscal targets in tomorrow’s budget?