Business of Supply
This sitting under Government Orders (Business of Supply) centred on the cost of living and government spending. The Bloc Québécois promoted a bill to raise Old Age Security pensions for seniors aged 65 to 74 and increase the guaranteed income supplement earnings exemption, asking whether the Conservatives would support it; a Conservative member said seniors’ incomes have not kept pace with costs and pointed to his party’s proposal to let working retirees keep part of their wages tax-free. Conservative members said government deficits, debt interest and foreign contracts are driving up living costs and hurting young people, and questioned a $200-million investment in the Canso spaceport by comparing it to Norway’s $45-million stake in a similar project; Liberal members defended the government’s approach, including its stance toward the United States and a $2-billion energy-saving program they said would save families $1 billion a year, and said defence-sector stakeholders consider the spaceport investment essential. Some members also described cost-of-living concerns from surveys and door-knocking in their own ridings.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .
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