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During Question Period on the economy, the Conservative leader asked why government purchases from American companies had risen to $7.8 billion despite the Prime Minister’s promise to buy and build Canadian, saying Canadian workers are losing jobs while tax dollars go to the United States. The Prime Minister replied that the buy-Canada policy is in place and pointed to investments including $2 billion at General Dynamics in London, Ontario, over $100 billion in submarine spending to be built in Canada, and projects underway across the country such as mines, ports, pipelines and power lines. The exchange repeated this pattern over several rounds of questions and answers.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Pierre Poilievre

Conservative
“The Prime Minister promised to buy Canadian goods, but government spending on American companies went up 50% to $7.8 billion. Why did he break his promise while Canadian workers are losing their jobs?”
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister made a big show about promising to buy and build Canadian, yet an analysis by the Toronto Star demonstrated that since he made that promise, government purchases from American companies have increased and the share of money destined for American companies has increased by 50% to $7.8 billion. Why does the Prime Minister say one thing, do the opposite and force workers who lost their jobs to send their cheques to the United States?

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Mark Carney

Liberal
“Our policy to buy Canadian is working. We are making big investments, like $2 billion in London, Ontario, and $100 billion for submarines. Half of those investments can legally be made here in Canada.”

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Mr. Speaker, the government has put the buy Canadian policy in place, and with it comes major projects, major investments, including $2 billion in General Dynamics Systems, in London, and $100 billion in TKMS for submarines. It is legal for half of the investments to be made here in Canada.

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Pierre Poilievre

Conservative
“The Prime Minister promised to buy Canadian goods, but he broke that promise. Spending on American companies went up by 50 percent to 7.8 billion dollars. Why is he sending more Canadian tax dollars to the United States?”
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister made a big show of promising to buy and build Canadian, but it was all talk and no results. Today, an analysis by the Toronto Star demonstrated that he increased the amount destined for American companies to $7.8 billion. The share of the money for government contracts that goes to the U.S. is up 50%. Why did the Prime Minister put on a big show of theatrics with elbows up, break his promise and force Canadian workers to send more of their tax dollars south?

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Mark Carney

Liberal
“Our government supports buying Canadian goods. We invested $2 billion in London, we plan to spend over $100 billion on submarines built here, and we just announced the country's largest pipeline.”

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Mr. Speaker, this government has put in place “buy Canada”, and with buy Canada, we have $2 billion invested in General Dynamics in London, and we have over $100 billion coming up in submarines, to be invested in Canada, across this country. The Leader of the Opposition may have been sleeping, but last week the Government of Alberta, the Government of Canada and Pembina announced the largest pipeline in Canada.

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Pierre Poilievre

Conservative
“The Prime Minister promised to buy more goods from Canada. Instead, he spends more of our tax dollars on American companies while Canadian workers lose their jobs. Why is he sending our money to the United States?”
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Mr. Speaker, after announcements and promises, today we found the results. The Prime Minister promised, just like he is promising today, that he would repatriate production and Canadian purchases to this country. Instead, he has actually increased the dollar value and the share of federal government purchases that go to the United States of America. While Canadians are out of a job because tariffs have prevented them from working, the Prime Minister forces them to send their tax dollars to the same American companies we are competing with. Why is the Prime Minister sending our money south?

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Mark Carney

Liberal
“Our government is getting to work. We are already building big projects across the country, including mines, ports, pipelines, power lines, and nuclear plants.”

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Mr. Speaker, while the Leader of the Opposition is sleeping, this government is acting. I am going to give him a little geography lesson. At the Matawinie mine in Quebec, we have shovels in the ground. At the Contrecoeur terminal at the port of Montreal, we have shovels in the ground. At the Mackenzie Valley pipeline, we have shovels in the ground. At the north coast transmission line in British Columbia, we have shovels in the ground. For the Darlington project, which is in Ontario, we have shovels in the ground. We are building Canada strong.

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