“The member's ideas would make life more expensive for his voters. He wants to end the dental care plan that helps almost 20,000 people in his riding afford the dentist. He also wants to cut child benefit payments that give 12,000 local families 70 million dollars a year. He should change his mind.”

“Mr. Speaker, what would be more expensive for 19,563 of his constituents is going to the dentist, because he is against the Canadian dental care plan, which helps Canadians who, all too often, have put off a visit to the dentist because they could not afford it. Do members know what would be more expensive if the member’s proposal were adopted? It would be more expensive to raise children because he would deny the Canada child benefit to more than 12,000 families. That is $70 million a year in his riding to help his constituents. He should reconsider.”

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“The opposition member should tell his voters that he does not support dental care and family benefits that help thousands of people in his area. Our government supports programs that help people who need it most, including grocery rebates for two million Quebeckers.”

“Mr. Speaker, dental care for 20,000 of his constituents is apparently not worth much. Assistance for 12,500 families in his constituency is not worth much. He should go and tell that to the people in his riding who depend on these things. He should go and tell that to the two million Quebeckers who, on June 5, will receive the Canada groceries and essentials benefit, which will help the most vulnerable people who need it most. On this side of the House, we believe that prosperity must be inclusive across the country.”