“The government plans to keep spending more money than it has. This makes life more expensive for Canadians. I want the Prime Minister to cut spending so people can afford to live.”

“Mr. Speaker, I will share a quote: “In the upside-down land of Liberals, a spending spree is a spending cut, blowing a windfall of billions of dollars is prudent and failing to prepare for a fiscal storm is, well, just good [fiscal] management.” That is the scathing review from the Globe and Mail editorial board, because yesterday the Liberals promised Canadians that they would continue their decade of massive deficit spending, which means a rising cost of living for Canadians will also continue, with no end in sight. When will the Liberal Prime Minister finally show some responsibility and some fiscal restraint so Canadians can afford to live?”

“The government is not acting fast enough to solve the tariff dispute with the United States, which is costing factory jobs. They also need to cut red tape and stop running big deficits so Canadian businesses and workers can survive.”

“Mr. Speaker, the Liberals can dress this up however they like, but there is a glaring omission in the fiscal update, which is urgency. They have no urgency in resolving the U.S. tariff dispute, which is costing thousands of Canadian manufacturing jobs. What is worse, according to the Financial Times, “Canada’s leading industry groups say [the Prime Minister’s] effort to cut red tape is floundering, costing the country billions more in trade losses than...Donald Trump’s tariffs.” Liberals have no urgency to resolve that issue either, despite it being 100% in their control. Rather than massive deficits, why do they not cut red tape so our workers and industries can survive?”

“The government's new budget adds about $3,400 of debt for every household. It doubles the deficit and raises costs instead of bringing the change they promised. I want to know which of their promises was false.”

“Mr. Speaker, Canadians were promised change after a decade of a costly Liberal government under Justin Trudeau. Yesterday, they did not get change; they got more of the same. The Liberals are asking every Canadian household to shoulder roughly $3,400 of new debt from a Prime Minister who said he would be different. This costly credit card budget delivers more debt, more costs and more taxes, and it is doubling the deficit while life gets more expensive. Which promise was false, the promise of change, or the claim that doubling the deficit would somehow make Canadians better off?”

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“The government is spending too much money instead of cutting costs. It is doubling the deficit and spending almost all of its new revenue. I want the government to admit its budget proves it has not changed.”

“Mr. Speaker, the only thing the government delivers is more recycled talking points. Even The Globe and Mail says that, in this upside-down Liberal world, a spending increase of $26.8 billion is not a spending cut. For every $100 in new revenue, the government spends 97% of it. Will the government admit this costly credit card budget proves nothing has changed, or are Canadians now supposed to believe that doubling the deficit is fiscal responsibility?”

“Unemployment is high, especially for young people. The government wants to raise employment insurance premiums, which is a tax on jobs. This will make it harder for businesses to hire people. Why is the government raising taxes on jobs to pay for its spending?”

“Mr. Speaker, those apprentices desperately need projects to go forward that they can work on. Canada faces an unemployment crisis, most severe among youth, yet this Liberal costly credit card budget plans further increases to EI premiums. Increasing the tax on jobs now would make it harder for businesses to create jobs and would make the jobs crisis even worse. Why are the Liberals paying for their costly credit card budget with further tax increases on jobs?”

“The government's plan raises taxes on jobs when young people are already struggling to find work. It hurts small businesses, workers, and students in vocational schools. When will the government stop this?”

“Mr. Speaker, I am not at all surprised to hear that the minister spends a lot of time talking to CEOs. However, on page 122 of the Liberals’ fiscal update, it is clear that they would increase the tax on jobs, at a time when we already have a massive youth unemployment crisis. This credit card budget proposes to squeeze small businesses and workers even more, at the same time as these Liberals are voting against allowing student grants to go to those at vocational institutions. They are attacking young people and attacking jobs. When will it end?”

“In 2015, Canada's federal debt was $616 billion. This year it will reach $1.4 trillion under the Liberals. I want someone in the government to stop this spending.”

“Mr. Speaker, in 2015, Canada had a balanced budget and the richest middle class in the world. Coming out of a global economic meltdown, Canada’s federal debt stood at $616 billion. Yesterday, we found out that after a decade of Liberal economic experiments funded on the national credit card, our debt this fiscal year will hit $1.4 trillion. The Liberals are trading away Canadians’ future prosperity to fund this tiresome daily Liberal QP routine of riffing off ever-increasing lists of things they are charging to the national credit card. Is there someone over there with the courage to stand up and say, “enough is enough”?”

“The government borrows too much money. It now spends more on interest than on health care. By 2030, all of its deficit will go toward paying interest on its new debt. I want to know when the government will stop this borrowing.”

“Mr. Speaker, in a mythical Liberal world, budgets balance themselves. In the current Prime Minister’s theoretical world, the national credit card has no limit and the bill never comes due, but we live in the real world, where the Liberal government’s addiction to borrowing has real consequences. This Prime Minister is now spending more on interest than on the Canada health transfer. According to his own economic update, and this is quite astonishing, in 2030, the entire deficit would go to paying interest on debt that the Liberals have added since being elected. In this new world, Liberal debt becomes self-generating. When will this experiment end?”

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  Opposition question in Question Period

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“This budget is still bad, no matter how the government tries to make it look good.”

“Mr. Speaker, no matter how much lipstick they put on this budget, a pig is still a pig. Liberals’ costly credit— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!”

“The government's budget adds too much debt, spending, and taxes, which makes life unaffordable. I want the Prime Minister to cut spending and get the deficit under control.”

“Mr. Speaker, the Liberals’ costly credit card budget is more of the same: more debt, more spending, more taxes and higher inflation. The Prime Minister has doubled previous annual deficits. He had still added $54 billion in new spending, costing Canadians now $59 billion in debt interest charges to cover it. His $25-billion sovereign debt fund is just another deception. When will the Prime Minister set aside his illusions and bring his deficit under control so Canadians can afford to live?”