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Question period on finance, focused on government spending, deficits and the cost of living. Conservative members said the government is doubling the deficit and adding a trillion dollars to the debt, and that this has raised the price of groceries, housing and taxes; they called on the Prime Minister to stop the borrowing and spending. Liberal members replied by citing support for the government’s spring economic update from Alberta business groups, including the Business Council of Alberta and the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce, saying it supports workers, major projects, defence procurement and the economy, and suggested Conservative MPs should listen to those local voices, and pointed to investments in infrastructure, mining and major projects in northern Ontario.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Blake Richards

Conservative
“The Prime Minister has doubled the deficit and added a trillion dollars to the debt. Canadians are paying more for groceries and housing because of it. I want him to stop borrowing and spending so much money.”

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    “Will the Liberal Prime Minister stop swiping the nation's credit card so Canadians can afford to live?”

    Said 3 times by 2 members since April 28.

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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister sold himself as a financial expert, but since taking office he has doubled the deficit and he is adding $1 trillion to the debt. Despite the illusions, it is more cost, more taxes, more debt, more on the national credit card and more of the same that we got from Justin Trudeau. Canadians are paying more for groceries, housing and everything in between. When will the Liberal Prime Minister stop the credit card budgeting so that Canadians can afford to live?

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Eleanor Olszewski

Liberal
“Alberta business leaders support our budget update because it helps workers, major projects, defence, and the economy. Alberta Conservatives should listen to them instead of just repeating their party leader's words.”

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Mr. Speaker, Conservatives say they speak for Alberta, but they are offside with Alberta’s business community. Business Council of Alberta president Adam Legge said that our spring economic update will support skilled labour, advance the Major Projects Office, strengthen defence procurement and improve our financial position. Alberta Conservatives should stop repeating their leader’s Conservative talking points ad nauseam and start paying attention to the people of the province they were elected to represent.

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Blake Richards

Conservative
“The government is spending too much money. This has made food, housing, and taxes cost more for Canadians. I want the Prime Minister to stop this spending so life is affordable again.”

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    “When will the Liberal Prime Minister end his costly budgeting so Canadians can afford to live?”

    Said 13 times by 12 members since April 28.

    Every time it was said
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Mr. Speaker, do you know what Albertans see as the problem with the Liberal government? Every promise of change has turned into another charge on the national credit card. Canadians are now paying more: more at the grocery store, more for housing and more in taxes, all to cover for reckless Liberal overspending. When will the Liberal Prime Minister get serious and end his costly credit card budgeting so that Canadians can afford to live?

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Eleanor Olszewski

Liberal
“Conservative MPs from Edmonton should listen to their voters. The head of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce liked our budget update.”

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Mr. Speaker, my fellow Edmontonians on the Conservative benches should listen to the people they represent. Edmonton Chamber of Commerce president Doug Griffiths said, about the spring economic update, that he was “excited to see that— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!

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Eleanor Olszewski

Liberal

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“Local business leaders support our economic plan. Conservative MPs should listen to them and back it.”

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Mr. Speaker, my fellow Conservatives should listen to the people they represent. Edmonton Chamber of Commerce president Doug Griffiths said he was “excited to see that the federal government is taking a bullish stance on Canadian projects, and signalling confidence in Canada’s economic potential to the rest of the world.” I hope Conservative MPs remove their partisan blinders and support our plan.

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Eric Melillo

Conservative
“The Liberals are adding too much to the national debt, and we now spend more on debt interest than on health care. I want the Prime Minister to stop this spending so Canadians can afford to live.”

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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are on track to add $1 trillion to the national debt. This is the cost of a decade of Liberal credit card budgeting. Now the Liberal Prime Minister, despite his illusions, has added more taxes, more costs and more debt, more of the same. He is just another Liberal. As a result, they are going to be paying more on interest payments this year than on health care. Will the Liberal Prime Minister finally get serious and cancel his credit card budgeting so that Canadians can afford to live?

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Patty Hajdu

Liberal
“The member opposes investments that leaders and unions in northern Ontario want. These investments in infrastructure and mining create good jobs.”

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Mr. Speaker, it is disappointing to hear a northern Ontario member of Parliament run down the very things that he himself knows northern Ontario leaders and workers have been advocating for, for years, such as investment in infrastructure, investment in major projects, investment in mining and investment in the kinds of things that create great-paying jobs, and on top of it, they are endorsed by people who are training skilled trades workers across the country, like Canada’s Building Trades Unions, the IBEW and the colleges in his own riding, which are excited and enthusiastic about building those very well-paying jobs with Canadians. I am disappointed in his advocacy, or lack thereof.

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