“I don't like how the government is rushing this bill. They say it's important but they won't let us debate it properly. They just want to push it through quickly without discussion. The Minister of Finance should promise not to adjourn the House early so we have enough time to talk about the bill.”
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A budget bill to spend billions more, including making excise tax cuts temporary instead of permanent. In debate, the Liberals defended the bill as helping with affordability while the Conservatives criticized the majority government for limiting debate and scrutiny of the bill. Other topics discussed included the deficit, seasonal workers, and excise tax inflation adjustments for alcohol.
“You can't say you respect us but then ignore our questions. I want you to promise you'll keep debating this until the very last day we're scheduled to be here. I don't want you traveling, I want you here answering questions.”
“You're all talk and broken promises. You keep saying you'll reform EI, but there are seasonal workers in my riding and a decade later you've done nothing. We wrote a bill for you and everything, but you ignored it. It's a real problem, but you won't help. People are losing jobs and their futures while you deny them support. You're even threatening labour gains. Don't claim you work for workers when you're doing the opposite.”
“The Liberals talk about affordability. But we have a housing crisis. You've been in power for 10 years. You made a strategy in 2017 that didn't fix the crisis. Now you have a new program. But it will only build 26,000 houses. We need 690,000 houses. That's only 5% of what we need. The government can't do math or doesn't care. Do you really think that will fix housing affordability?”
“I want more debate time. The minister wants to rush this bill. He's giving us talking points with no real answers. He likes debate but doesn't allow much time. He's not defending democracy like he claims. I want more time to talk about each part of the bill.”
“The government says they want innovation. But the government cut money for innovation. The government put back some money for innovation. But the government is still cutting a little innovation money. Does any top innovation country cut science money?”