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Business of Supply

The debate was on a Conservative opposition motion about the economy, which said Canada has the worst economic performance in the G7, including a recession, high household debt, high housing costs and high unemployment, and called on the Prime Minister to present a plan to undo his government’s economic policies. Conservatives said Canadians are struggling to afford food and housing, that businesses face taxes and regulations that discourage investment, and that the Liberal government mishandled an economy they inherited in good shape in 2015. Liberals said the country is not in a recession, citing falling rents, rising household wealth, growing exports and trade agreements, Canada’s credit rating, and cost-of-living supports. Bloc Québécois members said the recession debate misses the point, pointing instead to falling exports, weak productivity and low investment, damage to trade relations with the United States, and difficulties in Quebec’s forestry sector; they also objected to the government limiting debate time. Some discussion touched on trade history, research facilities, and exchanges about members’ speeches and the Prime Minister’s absence.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Elizabeth May

Green
“The Liberals and Conservatives only care about growing the economy, not about people's well-being. I want the Bloc Québécois to explain their plan for a different kind of economy, like one that reuses resources and protects people.”

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Madam Speaker, my question concerns the Bloc Québécois’s economic approach. It is clear that the Liberals, the former Conservatives and the current Conservative Party all think alike when it comes to the economy. It is always about economic growth, but without regard for the well-being of everyone. What do my colleague from Mirabel and the Bloc Québécois think of the circular economy or Kate Raworth’s book Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist? Could my colleague explain what the Bloc Québécois’s approach to envisioning a different economy entails?

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