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During question period on employment, the Conservatives asked about job losses, saying that government spending and debt are hurting the economy, that over 100,000 full-time jobs have been lost in recent months, and that training people for skilled trades will not help unless rules blocking resource projects are lifted so more jobs can be created. The government, replying for the Liberals, pointed to Bill C-30, the spring economic update implementation act, saying it would invest six billion dollars to support workers, skilled trades, unions and good-paying jobs, and that employers and unions, including in the mining sector in northern Ontario, support what the government is doing.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Jasraj Hallan

Conservative
“The government's high spending and debt are costing Canadians their jobs. Over 100,000 full-time jobs have been lost in the last four months. I want to know when the government will stop its wasteful spending.”

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    “The Prime Minister is just another Liberal.”

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Mr. Speaker, this Prime Minister is just another costly Liberal with nothing to show for his waste. It is more cost, more debt, more taxes, more on the national credit card and more of the same. The Liberals’ trillion dollars of debt means less growth, fewer jobs and fewer opportunities for Canadians. Eighteen thousand jobs were just lost, unemployment rose to 6.9% and 111,000 full-time jobs are gone under the current Liberal government in just the last four months. How many more jobs will Canadians have to lose before the Liberal government stops its costly credit card budgeting?

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Patty Hajdu

Liberal

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“I want the House to pass this budget bill. It invests six billion dollars to support workers, skilled trades, unions, and good jobs.”

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    Relevance 37 of 100

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Mr. Speaker, I am so excited to stand and talk about Bill C-30, the spring economic update that would invest $6 billion in working people, skilled trades workers, unions and great-paying jobs, building up the workforce of today and the future. It is clear that these guys have no idea what working-class people are calling for. They are calling for investments in their communities, investments in their families and investments in the future. That is what we are doing.

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Jasraj Hallan

Conservative
“Training young people for skilled trades is useless if there are no jobs for them. The government must drop the rules that block resource projects so more people can get to work.”
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Mr. Speaker, sending more students through trade schools without any jobs is creating certificates for unemployment. If the Liberals really want to invest in Canadians, the Liberal government can do one thing: just get out of the way. Let our natural resources get produced so we can create more jobs, create more boots on the ground, get shovels in the ground and get more projects built. That is what is going to help our youth, not more blocking of our resource projects. When will the Liberal government get out of the way and remove its anti-development laws so youth actually have a future in this country again?

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Patty Hajdu

Liberal
“People and businesses in northern Ontario support what we are doing. The member should talk to workers in the mining sector to learn what they actually need.”

  • Government answer in Question Period

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Mr. Speaker, maybe if that member went to northern Ontario and talked to people in the mining sector and really listened to what big employers and small business owners are saying, he would hear that what we are doing is exactly what is needed. In fact, we have been applauded by employers, by union representatives, by trainees and by hard-working people who are saying, “We need an opportunity to take advantage of these jobs that are building Canada strong.” Maybe the member needs to get out of this place and go into the communities and talk to people about what they need to get these projects off the ground. Then, actually, he would have something worthwhile to say in here.

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