Discussion · Government Orders
Kevin Lamoureux Liberal
“Wages have gone up faster than inflation since the last election. Some people still struggle, which is why we started a permanent program to feed school children. It feeds 400,000 kids, but the Conservatives still oppose it.”
“Mr. Speaker, I wonder if the member opposite would recognize that the average wage has actually increased more than the inflation rate every month since we had that last federal election. At the end of the day, there are individuals who are having some financial difficulties, and that has always been the case. Obviously, we all want to try to assist where we can, and that is where I would challenge the member opposite. A good program is the national school food program, which was made permanent by this Prime Minister, by this government. There are members of the Conservative Party who have called it garbage and said that it does not exist. It feeds 400,000 young children, yet they oppose it. At times, one begins to question just how much hypocrisy is oozing from the other side.”
Mr. Speaker, I wonder if the member opposite would recognize that the average wage has actually increased more than the inflation rate every month since we had that last federal election. At the end of the day, there are individuals who are having some financial difficulties, and that has always been the case. Obviously, we all want to try to assist where we can, and that is where I would challenge the member opposite. A good program is the national school food program, which was made permanent by this Prime Minister, by this government. There are members of the Conservative Party who have called it garbage and said that it does not exist. It feeds 400,000 young children, yet they oppose it. At times, one begins to question just how much hypocrisy is oozing from the other side.