Carleton MP and Shadow Finance Minister Pierre Poilievre asked the Standing Committee of Finance on Tuesday how the government intended to pay for the $7 billion price tag associated with their latest proposal, Bill C-2.
The question, which was directed to "anyone who wants to answer it," went unanswered for minutes.
"I don't know who on their side is responsible for this, but clearly they're getting money from somewhere, so they must know where. Anyone here from Finance Canada?" asked Poilievre.
Finance Canada Senior Director Maximilian Baylor would eventually say that he did could not answer where the money was coming from, as it was part of the governments "broader, macro economic framework, and I can't speak to that."
"I can discuss the contents of the bill, but I can't answer that question," said Baylor.
Poilievre would then ask again, "well, somebody's paying for it. Who is it? Did the tooth fairy? No answer?"
"There's a lot of people willing to talk about how they're spending the money, but no one wants to talk about where it comes from. How many witnesses do we have here?" said Poilievre, to the ten witnesses in the room, all of whom could not answer Poilievre's question.
"Where is the money coming from? $7 billion cost, the money must be coming from somewhere. Is there a money tree, is there a printing press?"
Poilievre had previously criticized Bill C-2 (An Act to provide further support in response to COVID-19), which he says would provide new expenditures "without enough accountability."
For the Conservatives to support the bill, Poilievre called for a full-funded, independent investigation into FINTAC's report that organized criminals got CERB, that the finance committee be back up and running to do a full study for $7 billion of expenditure, and that there be amendments to bills to ensure that no one receives benefits that could take one of the million open jobs.
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