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Luc Berthold Conservative
“The government's economic plans have failed. Millions of people are using food banks and cannot afford basic groceries. I want the Liberals to stop ignoring this problem.”
“Madam Speaker, yes, I agree. It was actually the former governor of the Bank of Canada, who is no longer there. If my colleague had listened to my leader’s advice, he might be rich today and might no longer be here in the House, to the great relief of many opposition members. At the time, cryptocurrency had lost value, but I would point out that that is no longer the case today. If the measures my colleague is talking about had worked, there would not be millions of people using food banks. I would not hear stories from people who start crying at the grocery store checkout because they are short of money and are forced to take essentials out of their cart. I would not get calls from people asking me personally what they are going to do, because they tried to pay the cashier, but their card was declined and they were ashamed that they could not pay. That is the reality, and I do not understand why the Liberals are ignoring it.”
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Madam Speaker, yes, I agree. It was actually the former governor of the Bank of Canada, who is no longer there. If my colleague had listened to my leader’s advice, he might be rich today and might no longer be here in the House, to the great relief of many opposition members. At the time, cryptocurrency had lost value, but I would point out that that is no longer the case today. If the measures my colleague is talking about had worked, there would not be millions of people using food banks. I would not hear stories from people who start crying at the grocery store checkout because they are short of money and are forced to take essentials out of their cart. I would not get calls from people asking me personally what they are going to do, because they tried to pay the cashier, but their card was declined and they were ashamed that they could not pay. That is the reality, and I do not understand why the Liberals are ignoring it.