The Economy
Question period focused on the state of the Canadian economy. Conservative members repeatedly said Canada is the only G20 country in a recession, citing negative growth, rising food and energy costs, growing debt, and Parliamentary Budget Officer comments on the government’s fiscal targets, and pressed the government to acknowledge a recession and change direction. Liberal members pointed to 88,000 new jobs, low interest rates and inflation within the Bank of Canada’s range, foreign investment, and the first payments of the Canada groceries and essentials benefit as evidence their plan is helping with affordability, and said the Conservatives ignored U.S. tariffs on Canadian sectors that the government is working to remove. Several exchanges centred on whether it was appropriate to highlight grocery benefit payments, with Conservatives saying such payments signal economic trouble and Liberals defending them as concrete help.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .
No matching statements
No statements match this filter
Choose another party or return to all statements.
More from sitting 130
- Government Orders Build Canada Homes Act 34 statements
- Oral Questions The Economy 12 statements
- Oral Questions Canadian Identity and Culture 6 statements
- Oral Questions The Economy 14 statements
- Oral Questions The Economy 30 statements
- Oral Questions Artificial Intelligence 2 statements
- Oral Questions The Economy 4 statements
- Oral Questions Transportation 2 statements
- Oral Questions The Economy 2 statements
- Oral Questions Agriculture and Agri-Food 2 statements
- Oral Questions Health 4 statements
- Oral Questions Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship 4 statements
- Government Orders Build Canada Homes Act 28 statements
- Private Members' Business Silver Alert National Framework Act 4 statements