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Wayne Long

Liberal on Finance 2026-11-04

Replying to Michael Chong (Conservative)

“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister’s new national security framework states that Canada needs to “Prepare for all contingencies up to and including war and other worst-case scenarios.” It puts economic security at the heart of that plan. Canada had the fiscal capacity to deal with the 2008 financial crisis and the 2020 pandemic, but the government’s rising debt and interest are reducing the capacity of the federal government to deal with the future crisis that the Prime Minister says is coming in his upcoming framework. For the sixth time, will the government hit its fiscal targets in tomorrow’s budget?”

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Mr. Speaker, we are going to continue the work of building a strong economy, the most resilient economy in the G7, for all Canadians. We are going to invest in our country. We are going to continue to bring down impediments to investment. We are going to develop and double our non-U.S. investments. We believe that we can build the strongest economy in the G7 while looking after those who need support. That party has voted against every affordability measure we have ever brought forward. We stand with Canadians. Tomorrow, we will be proud to table budget 2026, another step to becoming—