Meetings and Events My Response to Budget 2021

On April 26th, I delivered the following remarks We have heard the government say over and survive through the summer, but that is not what in the House of Commons in response to the over again, both before and during COVID, that small businesses want. They want their customers Government introducing the first federal budget deficits are alright because interest rates are so back. They want to be open. They want to serve in two years (edited for length). low, but Canada's accumulated debt, the majority the needs of their communities. They want to give of which is not locked in long-term, is their own friends and neighbours their jobs back. extraordinarily vulnerable to interest rate They want to at least try to put the hopes and volatility. To this, the government also responds dreams of their business shattered by COVID back Kincora’s Canada Day parade that it expects interest rates to stay low for the together. foreseeable future, so there is really nothing to

:______Small businesses do not want to take on more Ahmadiyya Muslim worry about until there is an economic recovery. debt. The average small business has already Summer 2021 Jama’at Therein lies the threat to the sustainability of St. Maria Goretti taken on $170,000 in debt since the pandemic School — Canada's public finances. The sustainability of this

TE WHAT CANADIANS CANADIANS POST TE ON WHAT THE began, and these debts threaten their recovery. virtual visit unprecedented debt is jeopardized if interest Some of this debt is in the form of low or no- Postal Code rates rise, and yet economic recovery is precisely interest loans from government aid programs, but what will trigger interest rates to rise. Having to the majority of this debt actually comes in the service such high debt at higher rates will form of bills that small businesses just cannot pay, threaten the economy all over again and things like their rent or their suppliers' invoices. eventually necessitate higher taxes or cuts to Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise in the chamber These debts threaten to cascade throughout the services that Canadians depend on. to take part in one of the most basic economy and prevent recovery. Tuscany Community responsibilities of Parliament, which is to discuss This budget is claimed to contain over $105

Email:______By the end of last year, 60,000 small businesses Association AGM the authority of the Crown's government to spend billion in stimulus to ensure economic recovery, had failed, and now nearly 200,000 more are its citizens' money. It has been a long time, over but that is not true. The single largest line item in hanging by a thread. There is one particular group www.patkellymp.ca [email protected] 403-282-7980 two years. The last budget was seven months the $105 billion of stimulus is actually emergency of small businesses that has been completely, and before the last election, which seems like a support funds for this year's continuing payments at this point one must even conclude deliberately, lifetime ago. alone. In other words, more than a quarter of the and as the Vice-Chair of the Standing separated during the pandemic. I have enjoyed ignored by the government, and that is the small so-called “stimulus” is really just emergency Dear Constituents, It is easy to forget that in the third quarter of businesses that had the terrible misfortune to Committee on Finance. Throughout the finally being able to attend community events response spending because the government could 2019, the Canadian economy was then teetering have opened their doors in late 2019 or early 2020. As always, it is a distinct pleasure to represent pandemic I have spoken out on issues once again, including Canada Day celebrations, not get its act together to protect Canadians from on the brink of recession. The economy had In most cases, the owners of these businesses put you in the House of Commons. During the important to small business owners, workers, and the Calgary Stampede. I hope to see as a third wave. stopped growing in the fourth quarter of 2019 and their life savings into their businesses and incurred Spring Session I participated both virtually and and customers in our communities. many people as possible in the community

:______the first quarter of 2020 was grim, even without That is perhaps the biggest criticism I have significant debt to pursue a dream to open, start in person during the debates, votes, and throughout the summer.

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the pandemic. Canada's debt-to-GDP ratio was about this budget. The budget does not contain or reinvent a small business, but these businesses committees of parliament. I continue to serve During the pandemic, in compliance with public I wish you an enjoyable summer and a smooth Small Business Roundtable — rising, our triple A credit rating had been cut, and what Conservatives have been asking for since last have nothing, and there is nothing in this budget as the Conservative Shadow Minister for Small health orders, my constituency office was

Canada Poland Chamber of the government had already racked up $100 May: that the government have a plan rooted in that will help them. Business and Western Economic Development, transition to an increased state of normalcy

SHOULD THE CRTC HAVE THE THE HAVE THE POWER TO CRTC SHOULD REGULA INTERNET? YES______NO______COMMENTS:______Name(s):______Address Telephone closed to visitors, but my staff worked very Commerce billion in new debt during a booming global measurable data to have a safe and permanent this fall. As always, you are welcome to contact The Minister of Small Business and her hard to assist constituents via phone and email, economy. All of that was before COVID… reopening of the economy. The very reason that my office with concerns about any matter of parliamentary secretary have been saying for while I engaged with hundreds of constituents this budget contains tens of billions of dollars in national policy or with difficulties dealing with There was no question that the government months that new businesses will be supported, by phone, video conference, and especially by continued emergency COVID spending is that the departments or agencies of the federal then had to support those who had been ordered, but they have done nothing. This once-in-two- email. The office is now open for in-person government has failed to use the tools that government. or even recommended, not to work. Businesses years budget still ignores these businesses… appointments and I hope can soon be fully already exist to help Canadians live safely in a that were being asked or told to close needed to open to drop in visits. COVID-19 world… Somebody who opened in March of 2020, be supported. Massive emergency spending was spending their own money and exhausting their Summer:

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necessary public policy at the time, from the ...The inadequate health response is what is ” - finances long before COVID began, is left out of This summer is a great time for people to moment public health orders took away people's driving the dangerous levels of debt contained in the programs. There are thousands of these - Pat Kelly paycheques and business revenues, yet that is not this budget, and the absence of a plan that would reconnect with all of the friends, family and businesses. They are in every riding...I will end by an excuse for refusing to table a budget, and it have avoided the ravages of a third wave neighbours from which so many have been

Canadian Association of pointing out there are many necessary economic Petroleum Producers does not forgive the lack of fiscal discipline and threatens to destroy thousands more small

support measures contained in this budget, but lack of financial stewardship in this budget. businesses.

they are necessary precisely because the

The borrowing contained in this budget I have said it before in this House many times. government has failed so spectacularly to protect Reconciliation staggers the imagination. Another $330 billion Small businesses are the lifeblood of our Canadians from the third wave. It would be Summer 2021 Contents

over the next five years, on top of the $355 billion communities, they are the backbone of the imprudent to support a government that adds so Since reports of the unmarked remains of children buried at former Indian Residential Schools Association of Canadian in the last year alone, and there is no end in sight, Canadian economy, and the owners, workers and much debt without a coherent plan to manage came to light, I have spent much of my time listening to Canadians, including constituents, and Port Authorities • Reconciliation merely a hope that this will mean, eventually, a customers are our neighbours and our friends. this debt and reduce it over time. There is just no sharing in their anger, frustration, and sorrow.

return to a declining debt-to-GDP ratio starting These small businesses are the ones that have fiscal anchor or even any credibility with the

next year. This anchor is one that had already borne the brunt of COVID. government concerning its fiscal anchors. It is important to grieve for those who died in forced separation from their families, and to show • Leadership in the Military been discarded before COVID and has no compassion for survivors and their families. Furthermore, the federal government must also take Afro-Caribbean Yes, this budget contains extensions to the • credibility coming from the government in this concrete steps to advance the process of reconciliation. Bill C-10 Business Network

COVID / Health / COVID supports many small businesses need just to budget.

Reconciliation requires combined efforts from all political parties and leaders. In a May 31 letter to • Finance Committee update

• the Prime Minister, Conservative leader Erin O’Toole recommended:

The top 3 concerns were: Theconcerns 3 top • Developing a comprehensive plan to implement Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action 71 • Private Members’ Bills

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• Funding the investigation at all former residential schools in Canada where unmarked graves may National Security Breach

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• • Developing a detailed and thorough set of resources to educate Canadians of all ages on the tragic “ facebook.com/mppatkelly youtube.com/mppatkelly @patkelly.crr @PatKelly_MP history of residential schools in Canada. • New Survey Question

Canadians should confront our history honestly and with compassion for people who live in our Canadian Federation of • Budget 2021 Response Independent Business communities with memories of forced separation and abuse that are appallingly recent. The current federal government and future governments must also deliver practical solutions that will

improve the lives of Indigenous Canadians who continue to live in poverty and poor health.

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