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Lines that landed: Question Period for October 21

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We follow Question Period daily so you don’t have to. A new food bank report drove most of the day, with Conservatives pressing the government on hunger and the government listing the programs the opposition voted against. The Bloc and NDP went after Bill C-39, and housing starts, a veterans’ security contract and immigration rules filled the rest. These are the lines that landed.

“And I would encourage the member to stop measuring success by how many Canadians need government assistance and start measuring by how many no longer do.”

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