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During Statements by Members, a Conservative member said that government spending is making life harder for Canadian families. She argued that spending on consultants, the CBC, a failed e-prescribing app, and foreign aid is wasteful and drives up the cost of living, and said the government should cut waste and balance the budget.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Lianne Rood

Conservative

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“The government is wasting billions of dollars on consultants, the CBC, failed projects, and foreign aid. This spending makes life more expensive for Canadians. The government must cut waste and balance the budget.”
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Mr. Speaker, hard-working Canadian families are being financially crushed by the government, and it is no accident. A mountain of reckless inflationary spending and wasteful Liberal policies are what is weighing them down. The government blew $300 million on the failed PrescribeIT app that never worked and $200 million on a Nova Scotia spaceport that is no more than a concrete pad. It spent over $1 billion a year propping up the CBC productions that, quite frankly, nobody watches or wants to watch. Billions get wasted on foreign aid that promotes ideological agendas, props up corrupt foreign officials or gets diverted to terrorist groups like Hamas. It spent $19 billion on insider consultants and nearly $1 billion on deluxe health benefits for fake refugees. This reckless spending is driving up grocery bills and mortgages. Conservatives demand an end to this behaviour. Let us cut the waste, balance the budget, keep our tax dollars in Canada and deliver real results for Canadians.

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