Discussion · Oral Questions
Rhonda Kirkland Conservative
“A food bank in Oshawa is turning people away because donations are down. Families cannot afford groceries, and I blame Liberal spending for that. When will grocery prices stop rising, or does the government have no plan?”
“Madam Speaker, I would have a lot more respect for the member for Whitby if he was standing up for the auto workers in our community. The Simcoe Hall Settlement House food bank in Oshawa is now capped at 70 households a day. Demand has not fallen; it is having to turn people away, but food being donated has. Grocery costs are still rising while meals are getting smaller and smaller for families. After years of reckless Liberal deficits and tax-and-spend policies, families cannot afford a basic Thanksgiving dinner. Will the Liberals please tell us by which Thanksgiving exactly we can expect to have grocery prices stop rising, or will the Liberals admit they have no plan?”
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Madam Speaker, I would have a lot more respect for the member for Whitby if he was standing up for the auto workers in our community. The Simcoe Hall Settlement House food bank in Oshawa is now capped at 70 households a day. Demand has not fallen; it is having to turn people away, but food being donated has. Grocery costs are still rising while meals are getting smaller and smaller for families. After years of reckless Liberal deficits and tax-and-spend policies, families cannot afford a basic Thanksgiving dinner. Will the Liberals please tell us by which Thanksgiving exactly we can expect to have grocery prices stop rising, or will the Liberals admit they have no plan?