“I want taxpayers to spend $18 billion on defence projects in the year ending March 31, 2027. This is part of the government's commitment to strong fiscal management. The government is spending less on operations so it can invest more in priority areas like defence, infrastructure, and housing.”
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Main Estimates, 2026-27
A bill to implement parts of Budget 2025, including changes to tax rules, increased defence spending, and various other measures. During debate, while the Liberals highlighted positive economic indicators and the importance of investing in space and aerospace industries, the Conservatives, Bloc, and NDP raised concerns about wasteful spending, budget cuts to science and research, unethical corporate bailouts, fraud, and the government's circumventing of local input and legislative processes.
“Pipelines from Alberta and Saskatchewan would have helped the economy. The current government is letting in oil from other countries instead. I think that's unfair.”
“I'm cheerleading for my team. I think our leader is great. All the governments are working together. I want us to spend boldly and take action. Go team!”
“The government's spending plans are based on questionable assumptions. The Parliamentary Budget Officer says they likely won't meet their own targets for reducing the deficit. What do you think of that?”
“We spent a lot of money. Our spending must have caused good jobs numbers. Good jobs numbers mean we can spend more.”
“We have some good signs. I hope they mean we can spend even more.”
“I want to talk about how we are spending a lot of money. It's very important that everyone can see how we're spending money. Please look at our fancy website.”
“I'm here to cheer for lots of military spending in my riding of Halifax. This year it's $50.7 billion, a 42% increase! More money means more jobs and more programs here. We need to keep spending more to hit our NATO targets. We're also cutting waste and reviewing spending to modernize things. Support this big increase in military funding!”
“The Liberals have no real plan. They want to spend $50 billion on ships and jets and programs with big names. But experts say we need a real national security strategy first. The Liberals' own plan even says we need one! Without a strategy, their fancy Defence Investment Agency is set up to fail.”
“The Conservatives are wrong. I'm excited about our defence plans. Halifax should be grateful and hopeful about all the spending we have planned. I won't provide any real strategy, I'll just say nice things about our Defence Minister and the Halifax defence sector.”
“The government is cutting science and research by $27 to $35 million over five years. That's a drop in the bucket compared to our huge deficit. But now they're letting companies use more pesticides without knowing what they'll do to us or our health. Are you okay with that?”
“I'm excited that the government is spending money on ocean science and research at Dalhousie University. And we're going to host a big conference in Halifax where smart people will talk about it more.”
“The person before me said there was no defence strategy. But there is a strategy with 10 things Canada wants! What are people in your riding saying about those 10 things?”
“I'm filling time with kind words and saying nothing anyone could pin down later.”
“I want to attack this program as wasteful so my party can claim it would spend money better.”
“I want to cheer for a program that spends money in my riding. I don't know details and I won't say more.”
“I want to complain about a program that spends money in another riding. I don't like deficit spending or programs that help Liberal insiders. I think spending on those programs is wasteful.”
“You want to help people. I want to help people too. Maybe you just don't understand how important it is to help people. Do you want to help people? Or are you just trying to score points?”
“I don't like this spending. Government is giving $200 million to a company but it won't even own the thing. Norway did it for less and they own theirs. There are better things to spend money on. If we need this the government should own it, not some company.”
“I'm here to cheer for giving more money to old people in my riding. Our party wants $3 billion per year more for old age security, just for people age 65 to 74. Old people say they have no money. What does your party think of our idea to give them more?”