Philip Lawrence

Mr. Speaker, there has been one consistent theme over the past 10 Liberal budgets: reckless spending. Each budget has delivered record-breaking expenditures. The results have been deficit-fuelled inflation, high interest rates and a crushing cost of living crisis. Tomorrow, will the government finally reverse course, meet its own financial targets and restrain spending so Canadians can afford to [more]

Mr. Speaker, the Bank of Canada raised its interest rates for the first time since 2023. The government is claiming that inflation and interest rates are like the weather and are completely beyond its control, but we know that is not the truth. We know that sovereign debt accelerates inflation. Canada now spends more on interest than it does on health care or on the military. The interest rate [more]

Winnipeg North Mr. Speaker, I want to start my speech by congratulating all members of the House for the debate so far. I have been here observing it. I thought the member forhad an excellent question about hospice. The Bloc Québécois members talked about a very difficult subject in a sensitive manner. I am not sure if Canadians are always proud of us in the House, but I definitely think they [more]

Minister of Finance Mr. Speaker, the Governor of the Bank of Canada was quite clear: He has raised interest rates because of increasing inflationary pressure. All experts agree that expansive fiscal policy accelerates inflation. In effect, the Governor of the Bank of Canada is hitting the brakes hard while thecontinues to accelerate faster and faster. minister Will thecommit to some fiscal [more]

Mr. Speaker, this comes down to a decades-old, if not centuries-old, debate. Conservatives believe at heart that the best people to spend Canadians' money are Canadians. We do not believe we need the government to control our lives. Ronald Reagan once famously said that Liberals define compassion by how many people the government helps; Conservatives define compassion by how many people the [more]

Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have a tell. Whenever they are losing, they use the phrase “far right”, so we know we are winning on this debate. I could give members the numbers: the flat GDP per capita, the ever-increasing deficit, the debt at $1.4 trillion and the increase in interest rates. I could go through all that, but I invite the member to come down to Northumberland—Clarke and go with me to [more]

Winnipeg North Mr. Speaker, I have heard perhaps the best compliment I have ever heard given to the member forand the Liberal government. Although I have heard that before, I do not think it is a reality. Here is the difference. Here is what Conservatives would do. Conservatives would put Canadians back in control of their lives. They would put dollars back in Canadians' pockets, not give them [more]

Mr. Speaker, it is an honour and a privilege to be here today. I will be splitting my time, to acknowledge that at the front end. We have been asked to speak today on an opposition day motion, but it is so much more than that. This is about where Canada is right now in the world. We have a government that continues to spend recklessly, which is driving up the cost of living for all Canadians. We [more]

Winnipeg North Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, I always at least enjoy the passion brought by the member for, but he is not the one who came up with some of these economic plans. That was the. In fact, I am so old that I can remember two years ago when the member was arguing for the exact opposite of what the Prime Minister is now saying. Prime Minister Let us bring thebefore committee and have him [more]

Mr. Speaker, I would request a recorded vote, please.