Freeland Dismisses Economic Concerns
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Summary
Learn English with Honourable Chrystia Mahtani, MP for Assiniboia-Headingley, Canada. She delivers a passionate plea to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to stop talking Canada down, and instead focus on what's going on in the real world.
Transcript
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The Conservatives just can't resist talking Canada down.
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That's why we are not hearing from them about inflation for four months in a row
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being within the Bank of Canada's target range,
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and in April the lowest it has been in three years at 2.7%.
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That is why we are not hearing from them that last year Canada attracted
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the most foreign direct investment per capita in the entire G7.
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The other thing we are not hearing from them is all the programs they are going to cut,
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starting with the National School Food Program.
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The Honourable Member from Charles Wood St. James, Assiniboia, Headingley.
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The fact of the matter is that a Canadian standard of living is declining.
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In the United States, GDP per capita has grown more than 8% since 2019.
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Our economy is now underperforming the United States by the widest margin since 1965.
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Well, under this Prime Minister, his government has grown morbidly obese.
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More Canadians are visiting food banks than ever before.
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Why is the Prime Minister spending so much to make Canadians so poor?
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The Honourable Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.
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Mr. Speaker, yet again, these Conservatives are relentlessly talking Canada down
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The reality is Canada has added 1.3 million more jobs than we had before the pandemic.
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The Canadian economy is 104% the size it was before the pandemic.