The House of Commons passed the Liberal government's budget bill today, which seeks to roll out vast new incentives for clean energy and expending dental care subsidies — despite a Conservative attempt to hold it up.
(Ironically the day after the Bank of Canada hiked the interest rate again?)
The bill passed 177 to 146 with the support of Liberals and New Democrats, while the Tories and Bloc Québécois voted against it.
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OTTAWA - The House of Commons passed the Liberal government's budget bill today, which seeks to roll out vast new incentives for clean energy and expending dental care subsidies — despite a Conservative attempt to hold it up.
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It was just three years ago that Trudeau was being asked about the cost of carrying all that extra debt when the PM interrupted the reporter, CTV’s Glen McGregor, to chastise him about how low interest rates were.
“Interest rates are at historic lows Glen,” Trudeau said smiling smugly at the camera.
Wednesday’s interest rate hike by the Bank of Canada is going to hit homeowners with a mortgage, anyone with a line of credit and … taxpayers. That’s right, Canada’s payments on the national debt have gone up dramatically over the past several years and this latest interest rate hike will only...
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In June 2020, the Bank of Canada’s interest rate
was 0.25% but this week, after the ninth interest rate hike it
sits at 4.75% with a possible hike to 5% in July.
When Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called for the Trudeau government to rein in spending this week, to help slow the
growth of inflation, Trudeau scoffed. He accused the Conservatives of not backing COVID supports for Canadians – a lie, they voted for them – or of wanting Canadians to go without key programs like dental care, the new national child care program or an expanded tool rebate for skilled trades.
All of this is nonsense, these programs are not the cause of Trudeau’s massive spending increases, which banks and even former Liberal finance minister John Manley have said are contributing to inflation.
“This is a bit like driving your car with one foot on the gas and the other on the brake,”
Manley said earlier this year, describing how the Bank of Canada was trying to lower inflation while the Trudeau government’s spending was increasing it.