Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act

Bill C-30, Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act · Second reading · now law Where it stands

What the law does

The law implements measures from the spring economic update, temporarily removing the federal excise tax on gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuels from April 20, 2026, to September 7, 2026. It lowers Canada Pension Plan contribution rates starting in 2027 and extends extra Employment Insurance weeks for seasonal workers to October 2028. It also makes other changes to tax rules, alcohol excise duties, transportation data, and federal regulation of banking, food inspection, and pest control products.

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Jasraj Hallan, Calgary East

Conservative
“I do not support this economic plan. The government is running huge deficits, keeping taxes too high, and driving up the cost of food and living. We should cut taxes on fuel, scrap carbon taxes, and get rid of laws that block pipelines.”
Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, before I start, I wanted to say that I am going to split my time with my good friend from Oxford, who is literally always behind my back or on my back, but he is a good guy. All jokes aside, I will begin my speech. We are here today to speak about one of the most expensive economic updates, outside of COVID, in Canadian history. It was more of an update, not a mini-budget, as we saw, and the Prime Minister ran over and over again on the promise that it would not be more of the same. He promised that he would be different from other Liberals or the ones before him, even though he was the one advising them. He was right. He is not the same; he is even worse. Ever since he became Prime Minister, Canadians’ lives have gotten more expensive and more unsafe than they have ever been before. The Prime Minister ran on saying that he would be more prudent and more disciplined when it comes to spending, but he took the gold medal with his first budget for the most expensive and biggest deficit outside of COVID in Canadian history. Then he dropped this update in the spring economic statement, and he gave himself a silver medal for the second-biggest deficit in Canadian history outside of COVID. Canadians’ lives got worse. He said that he would bring back affordability and that he was going to be the guy who could do it. He also said that he could deal with President Donald Trump. Like every other Liberal before him, none of those promises were kept and they will never be kept. In fact, he is the same old costly, broken promises Liberal. This is the same Prime Minister who stood up in the House and said that affordability is the best it has been in a decade. This is the same guy who raised the cost of living by implementing and making sure to keep the industrial carbon tax, which will go up. Under him, food price inflation keeps going up. The cost of food is impossible for people to afford today, which is what leads to 2.2 million Canadians going to a food bank in a single month. Instead of reducing the food bank lines, he increased them. Instead of reducing the cost of food, he increased it. Liberal taxes and Liberal deficits are what they do and what they have done over the last 11 years. There is no hope in sight that these are going to get any better because they are obsessed with the carbon tax. First, it was the consumer carbon tax that they were obsessed with and now we have the industrial carbon tax and the other carbon tax, which they call the clean fuel standard. All these taxes have made life more and more expensive for Canadians. The finance minister said that he was going to haul in all the grocery store CEOs back in 2023 and that he was going to tell them what was on his mind and make sure that food prices came down by Thanksgiving 2023. We are heading toward Thanksgiving 2026, and food prices, taxes, costs, the debt and deficits have only gone up. Everything is put on the national credit card, which is why we call it the credit card budget. It is very costly to Canadians because they are the ones who have to foot the bill. Everyone can remember back in the day when we had a responsible, disciplined Conservative government. Canadians could go to the grocery store and could have one income earner in the home. They could afford groceries and housing. They could get a week’s worth of groceries for around $100 to $150, which today in the grocery store does not go very far. Not only have the Liberals driven out $1 trillion of investment, but they have made it impossible for anyone to invest in Canada, which is why we do not see much competition here. They have put up so much red tape and so many barriers that companies do not want to come here. We all know that in a good free market, competition is a good thing; it drives down the cost of goods. With high Liberal taxes and the high burden of red tape and bureaucracy, companies do not want to invest here, which is why $1 trillion of good Canadian investment, including jobs and everything else, went to the U.S. It is easier to invest there and there is a rate of return that people can see. There is profit there. This finance minister said he would bring down the cost of food. Absolutely nothing has gone down in cost. In fact, things have only gotten more and more expensive for Canadians. Canada’s Food Price Report states that prices are expected to rise 4% to 6%. An average Canadian family of four will pay $17,000 for groceries this year, which is $1,000 more than they paid last year. This is what Liberal taxes do to Canadians and to the goods that we buy. TD Economics states that grocery prices are over 30% higher than in 2019. In 2025, 9.8 million people lived in food-insecure households and those households included 2.4 million children. This is the highest in Canadian history. This is what high Liberal taxes do. This is what out-of-control deficits do and what debt does to Canadians because they have to foot the bill. It gives them less because when the Liberals increase housing costs and when they increase the cost of everything else, they raise taxes. Now, an average family pays more in taxes than it does in food, shelter and clothing combined. Those are necessities and Canadians have to pay more taxes now because of the current Liberal government. There is no end in sight. As I said before, this update would give the second-highest deficit in Canadian history outside of COVID. It is nothing to brag about. There is no good news in there for Canadians. We proposed solutions. The finance minister recently said on TV that the Liberals have done enough for Canadians regarding affordability, and he is absolutely wrong. They could have done more. When these guys took 10¢ off in the excise tax on fuel, we said, “That is not far enough.” We proposed to take off 25¢. That would be taking off the GST and taking off the carbon tax, which the Liberals call the clean fuel standard. That would have saved Canadians 25¢ per litre, or $1,200 just this year. That would be real savings as opposed to the Liberals’ cut, which is not even $100 of savings for an average family. Now, when summer is about to come, these savings would be realized. People could use that money. They could put their kids into sports. They could put savings away. However, the Liberals will never go far enough to help Canadians. They do just a bit and then they brag about it and say that people should be grateful for it. They could have done a lot more. While I am on this topic, it is important for us to address what else we could have done. The Liberals could have gotten rid of their “no new pipelines“ bill, Bill C-69. They could have gotten rid of the tanker ban, Bill C-48. They could have gotten rid of the industrial carbon tax. This not only would help get more built here, with jobs in the economy. It would actually help unity in this country. People are more divided than ever under these Liberals today. We want nothing more on this side than to have unity in this country once again. The Liberals have done the best job they could to separate people by every single demographic possible, whether by regions, industries or skin colour. That is what these Liberals are known for. They like to keep people divided so that they do not get together and they do not vote against them. However, the Conservatives will always have solutions. Regarding this sovereign wealth fund that the Liberals would create, wealth funds are created with wealth. They are created with assets. They are created with surpluses or with resource revenues. However, these guys decided to do it with debt. Who is going to be responsible for all that? Once again, it is going to be Canadian taxpayers. We need to end this ridiculousness. We need to get rid of these antidevelopment laws. We need to make sure we start developing here at home so that we are strong here and strong abroad. We need to make sure we bring Canadians together, not tear them apart. This economic update would do none of that. It would keep people divided more than ever. It would make people poorer. It would make taxes go up. It would make costs go up. It would make the debt go up. That would do nothing for Canadians. We would do the exact opposite to bring this country together and give back the affordability and the safety that Canadians deserve in this country once again.

Jasraj Hallan, Calgary East

Conservative
“The government is spending too much money. We would cut spending on outside consultants, the gun buyback program, and aid for fake refugees. We would also stop giving money to big businesses connected to the Liberals.”
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Mr. Speaker, is the member serious? Is he bragging about having the second-highest deficit in Canadian history outside of COVID? He asked about cuts. I will tell him what we would cut. We would cut the $90 billion that would go to the Alto boondoggle and the $742‑million Liberal gun grab. We would get rid of the $20 billion for Liberal-connected insider consultants. The government’s ministers are so incompetent, it has to get advice from outside, Liberal-connected consultants. We would get rid of taxpayer-funded handouts to fake refugees. Of course, we would end the corporate welfare, which these Liberals are known for, that always rewards Liberal insiders instead of Canadians.

Jasraj Hallan, Calgary East

Conservative
“The government's high taxes and rules are hurting Canadian workers and businesses. In the first four months of this year, Canada lost 111,000 full-time jobs, and those jobs are not coming back.”
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Mr. Speaker, I fully agree with the member. Under the government, it is not just the forestry sector but every sector that is suffering. Coast to coast, it affects forestry, which also means lumber, and the auto industry, as well as all the workers who go along with those jobs. In fact, under these guys, just in the first four months of this year, 111,000 full-time jobs have gone. They are not coming back. That is a record. That is the Liberal government’s record. Because of its high taxes, its high burden when it comes to red tape and its bureaucracy, no one wants to stay here in Canada. Our industries and our workers end up suffering the most. Having 111,000 jobs leave Canada, which are probably not going to come back, is not a good look. We are going down with that trend because nothing has changed. The government is going to keep on taxing. It is unfortunate that the only people who get rewarded are at Brookfield.

Tamara Jansen, Cloverdale—Langley City

Conservative
“The government now spends $59 billion a year just to pay interest on its debt. That is more than it gives provinces for health care, and more than it collects from the GST. Canadians are paying taxes for debt interest instead of the services they need.”
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Mr. Speaker, families across Canada know that, when their interest payments start eating up their household budget, something is seriously wrong. That is exactly what is happening with the Liberal government. Debt interest costs have now exploded to $59 billion a year, up 10% in just one year alone. Canadians are now paying more in interest than the federal government sends to provinces for health care. In fact, debt interest now costs more than the GST brings in. Members can think about it. Canadians pay taxes and struggle to afford groceries and rent. More and more of that money is simply going toward interest payments instead of the services people need. Is it fair that the Liberals are forcing Canadians to pay thousands of dollars per family just to keep up with the interest on their own reckless spending?

Jasraj Hallan, Calgary East

Conservative
“The Prime Minister cares more about bankers and bondholders than regular Canadians. The government spends more money on them than on healthcare. A Conservative government will stop this.”
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Mr. Speaker, that was a great question. All of my colleague’s advocacy is for her constituents, whether it is the issue of crime, which she raises all the time, or affordability. I fully agree with her. The thing is, this has been brought up many times. The Prime Minister is more concerned about making sure his banker and bondholder buddies are better off than how Canadians are doing. It does not concern these guys that, budget after budget, more money is going to bankers and bondholders than what goes to doctors, nurses and hospitals or what we collect in GST. This is the trend. It is either Brookfield, the bankers or the bondholders who get rewarded by the government. We will put an end to that under a Conservative government.

Arpan Khanna, Oxford

Conservative
“The government's economic update spends too much and grows the deficit. This waste causes high inflation, which hurts workers, seniors, and small businesses. We spend $60 billion a year just paying interest on our debt, more than we send to health care. The government should cut its spending, lower the deficit, cut taxes, and remove all federal tax on gas.”
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    “Canadians are struggling to put food on the table.”

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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Calgary East not only for his great intervention but also for the work he does to hold the Liberal government accountable on finances. The member is right. This update was a chance to give Canadians some hope. It was a chance for the government to lay out a plan that would show Canadians that the Liberals have their backs, that they care about the work they do and that they care about the sacrifices they make. They had an opportunity to reduce the deficit, but instead we got the opposite. We have a record number for the deficit, which has real consequences for Canadians. When we have rising deficits, when we spend more than we bring in, when we send money outside the country, when we wastefully spend it on insiders and Liberal lobbyists, what happens? Canadians pay the price with inflation. Our country has one of the highest inflations in the G7. Canadians are now struggling to put food on the table. We have single parents who are skipping meals just so their kids can have some decent food. We have seniors who are choosing between buying medicine, filling their gas tanks and paying their bills. We have farmers who are sacrificing so much every single day in our riding, yet barely getting any return for the yields. We have workers who are picking up extra shifts, working extra hard, staying away from their families, abandoning their vacations, staying away from their children and their friends and literally just working constantly to put food on the table for their families. There are IT professionals and young Canadians who actually have decent jobs and go to work with a decent income, but they still cannot make ends meet. The working poor is now a thing. They work harder and harder, but are barely getting by. The Liberals had a chance to send a clear signal to Canadians, but it did not happen. What did we get as a result? We are now paying almost $60 billion every single year to finance their debt. Interest payments alone are $60 billion, which is more than what we pay for health care transfers in our country. That interest money goes to bondholders and bankers, and Canadians get the bill, again and again. That money could be used to invest in our health care. In Oxford County, we have a shortage of doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses working in our health care sector. We have almost 8,000 residents who do not have a family doctor in our community. It would be amazing if that money was taken away from these bankers and bondholders and actually invested in rural communities. That money could be used to build up our infrastructure or maybe even to keep the Snowbirds going, which is a great heritage and a historic part of our country, but no, the Liberals want to keep wasting money. If we look at the economic update, it is more of the same, while the Prime Minister promised to be different. He said he is different. He said he would get a deal. He said that he is a fiscal manager, but we are getting a lot worse, even worse than Justin Trudeau. Who is getting rich? Who is making the money? It is not Canadians. Brookfield is getting contracts. We are seeing over $20 billion sent to external consultants and lobbyists, and there are billions of dollars for foreign aid that is connected to the government. That money should be brought back to Canada. The Liberals need to put Canadians first, lower the deficit and bring down inflation. We should not have a situation where seniors are now starving to death. We should not have a situation where parents are not putting their kids in summer camps or sports, but we are seeing that. Small businesses make so many sacrifices. They take the risks, try to give back to their communities and want to help out, but the government continues to kick them down at every moment. Our vision is very different. Our Conservative vision is about giving control back to Canadians, back to our workers, farmers and seniors, so that if they work hard in this country, make the sacrifices and follow the rules, they should be able to achieve their God-given potential. Canadians used to be happy. Canada used to rank as one of the happiest places in the world. When we look at the rankings, we see that is changing. We can look around in our communities to see this. In Oxford County, if we walk down Dundas Street, we will see that some businesses are starting to close their doors. We will see the tents of homelessness popping up. We see signs right across this country of a country that is heading in the wrong direction, but Canadians are resilient people. Canadians do not give up. Despite no support from the government, they still believe in our country. Conservatives believe in our country. We believe in our people, who are hard-working and talented. We believe in the farmers who wake up before sunrise to plant in the fields and who look forward to the fall for a great harvest. We believe in them. We believe in the waitress who works a double shift, who washes dishes and makes sure she is serving customers with a smile on her face just so she can feed her children. We believe in her. We believe in the auto workers and the workers who work hard on our floor shops to make great Canadian products. We believe in our seniors who have sacrificed their whole lives. They have made the sacrifices, and all they want to do is retire in peace and with dignity. We believe in them. We believe in Canada’s potential. Canada has unlimited potential with its natural resources and our different industries, such as our auto industry and agriculture. There is so much going on in our country. We should be one of the richest countries in the world. We obviously believe in Canada’s promise that people, whether they have come to this country, were born here or have been here for generations, who work hard, play by the rules, take a chance, give back to their community, integrate into our society and help their neighbours can achieve their potential. What is missing now is that vision. That is why Conservatives believe in a smaller government. Smaller governments make for bigger citizens. We wanted to see a plan from the Liberals that would cut red tape. We did not see that. Red tape went up. There is more bureaucracy, more departments and more organizations monitoring other organizations. It is always something; it is always red tape. There are always these new bureaucracies being set up, which costs millions and billions of dollars of taxpayer money. We wanted to see the Liberals lower taxes. We did not see that. On the gas tax, right now Canadians are being crushed. They are being crushed at the pump stations. We said we had a great plan to take all federal taxes off gas, which would save the average family almost $1,200 a year by cutting 25¢ cents a litre. Those are big savings. For an average family, it is big savings. Instead of taking the whole idea and giving Canadians relief, the Liberals put in half measures of only 10¢ per litre. Canadians cannot survive like this, but on this side of the House, every single day we will stand for hard-working Canadians. We will push back against Liberal insiders, and we will make sure that Canada is a country for the workers who have sacrificed so much to build our country. We will make sure we hold the Liberal government accountable every step of the way.

Arpan Khanna, Oxford

Conservative
“The government is wrong to say life is affordable right now. Seniors are struggling so much to pay for food that one told me they want medical help to end their life. The government is hurting the economy.”
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Mr. Speaker, not only is the member so out of touch with reality, but even the Prime Minister said, a few weeks ago in the chamber, that affordability is the best it has been in a decade. The Liberals do not actually spend time on the ground meeting with families. A senior called me and said that they were considering MAID, not because they are sick but because they cannot afford to eat. Shame on the government for destroying Canada’s economic prosperity. Our seniors made so many sacrifices, but the member stands up to score cheap political points. Shame on the member.

Arpan Khanna, Oxford

Conservative
“The government's policies are hurting seniors. One in 10 seniors now uses food banks, and some are becoming homeless. The government's economic plan helps their friends instead of helping seniors.”
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Mr. Speaker, I do agree with my colleague that under the Liberal government, seniors have been pushed right to the back. The Liberals talk a big game, but they do not have the human decency to stand in the House and accept that their policies are hurting seniors. One in 10 seniors is now going to the food banks. That is not me saying that; it is the facts in our communities. Instead of the Liberals’ just issuing press releases, if they actually cared about seniors, stood up for them and supported them, we would not have the crisis we have today. The economic statement could have helped them, but again it is helping Liberal insiders, while seniors are being forced to homeless encampments.

John Barlow, Foothills

Conservative
“Liberal policies are making groceries too expensive. Two million Canadians now use food banks every month. I want my colleague to talk about how these policies caused this problem.”
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Mr. Speaker, I find it interesting that our Liberal colleague does not believe that Canadians are going without and having to skip meals. We know that the facts tell a very different story. There was the Great Depression, World War I, World War II and the global recession, and never had a Canadian government had to borrow money to help Canadians buy groceries, but that has happened twice in the last three years as a result of Liberal policy that is driving Canadians to food banks. I would like to ask my colleague, after his excellent speech, about the impact Liberal policies are having on food inflation and grocery prices that are resulting in two million Canadians lining up at a food bank every single month.

Arpan Khanna, Oxford

Conservative
“Food bank use is going up across the country, and donations are down. The government has made food unaffordable. It needs to help farmers by removing the tariff on fertilizer.”
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Mr. Speaker, the food banks in my riding and right across our country are bursting at the seams. The demand at Operation Sharing at Helping Hand Food Bank, and at seniors in crisis in Oxford County is actually rising by exponential numbers. Usually we want these numbers to come down. That would be a good sign that we are taking care of our people. However, our numbers are going up. Donations are going down, and usage is going up. As I mentioned earlier, there is also a new category, the working poor, people who are working harder and harder but barely getting by. They are lining up at the food banks. There are over two million visits to a food bank in a single month. One in four of them is for children. The most vulnerable people in our community are actually struggling. The Liberal government, instead of making food more affordable and supporting our farmers by taking the fertilizer tariff off and helping them, is missing in action. The cost of food is the highest in the G7, and food inflation is the highest in the G7, thanks to the government’s failed policies. On this side of the House, we are going to keep fighting for Canadians every step of the way.

Warren Steinley, Regina—Lewvan

Conservative
“I have a question for the NDP member. Earlier, a Liberal member laughed about seniors who cannot afford food.”
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Mr. Speaker, I have an honest question for my friend from the NDP. Earlier, we had the member for Winnipeg North laughing about seniors not being able to afford food in one of our members’ ridings. He said—

Steven Bonk, Souris—Moose Mountain

Conservative
“The member laughed at what my colleague said. I want him to take it back and apologize.”
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I heard the member laughing when my colleague brought this up, so I think the member opposite should apologize and withdraw his comment.

Warren Steinley, Regina—Lewvan

Conservative
“I want the member to answer my question. Are people in their riding actually better off than they were five or six years ago, or have things gotten worse?”
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Mr. Speaker, I will go back to the question I had for the member from B.C. I am wondering, how many Canadians in your riding are actually better off than they were five or six years ago? Are there lots of people in your riding saying that things have gotten better, or can you say that they have collectively gotten worse?

Mike Lake, Leduc—Wetaskiwin

Conservative
“The Liberals cut debate short on this spending bill, but they did not even show up to make sure enough members are here. I want a count to see if we have quorum.”
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have shortened debate on this really important amount of spending they are doing, and they cannot even be bothered to show up to have quorum. I would like to make sure we have quorum.

Mike Lake, Leduc—Wetaskiwin

Conservative
“In 2015, Canada had a balanced budget and the richest middle class in the world. Now our national debt has doubled. We spend more on interest than on healthcare, and soon the whole deficit will just pay for that interest. The government needs to explain how we got here.”
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Mr. Speaker, in 2015, The New York Times reported that Canada had the richest middle class in the world. In 2015, we had a balanced budget and the richest middle class in the world. Fast-forward to today. We have more than doubled our national debt. The Liberals brag about the fact that we are subsidizing groceries for a third of the population. That is the situation we are in. We are spending more on interest than we are on the Canada health transfer, and the Liberals’ own financial statements indicate that by 2030‑31, the entire deficit would be used to pay interest on the debt. How did we get here?

Kurt Holman, London—Fanshawe

Conservative
“The government wastes too much taxpayer money on scandals. I want to know when the Liberals will stop wasting public money.”
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Mr. Speaker, the member mentioned to a Conservative colleague what we should cut to help Canadians. Repeatedly, with the Trudeau government, we heard about scandal upon scandal and about the waste of taxpayers’ dollars. I am concerned, even with the current Liberal government, of potentially more scandals with regard to wasting taxpayers’ dollars. Is the Liberal government going to come to terms and stop wasting taxpayers’ dollars on behalf of all Canadians?

Mike Lake, Leduc—Wetaskiwin

Conservative
“We would cut the laws that hurt Alberta's oil industry. The Liberals spend too much money, and now we spend more on debt interest than on health care. This high debt will eventually force cuts to health and social services, which hurts vulnerable people. The government needs a plan to balance the budget.”
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Mr. Speaker, I listened closely to the hon. parliamentary secretary’s speech. At one point she did ask what we would cut. Let me be very clear, because she also referenced my home province of Alberta in kind of a flippant way. The first things we would cut would be Bill C-69 and Bill C-48, which have made it impossible to compete in the global environment where, believe it or not, oil coming to Canada from Algeria, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia faces fewer restrictions and less rigorous regulation around reporting than oil coming from Alberta being sold in our own country. Bill C-69 and Bill C-48 are where we would start cutting. An hon. member: Oh, oh! Hon. Mike Lake: I know the member is heckling me, Mr. Speaker, but I do want to talk about something fairly serious to me. She made the assertion that Conservatives do not care about the most vulnerable. The member is new to the House and is mocking me as she smiles. The member might not know that I have a son with autism. He is 30 years old. I talk about this a lot in the House. In 1995, when we were in a similar situation to what we are in now and we had a Liberal government dealing with a generation after the 14 out of 15 deficits that the former Trudeau government had run, that Liberal government, under Paul Martin, was forced to cut 32% from transfers for health, social services and education. Every province in the country and every vulnerable Canadian in the country had to pay the consequences of those devastating cuts. Those devastating cuts happened for exactly the same reason, because of the exact same type of fiscal policy that the current Liberal government is running. We have massive deficits, a situation I mentioned a few minutes ago in which we are paying more on interest today than we are on the Canadian health transfer. Because of deliberate spending decisions made by the member’s government, today we are spending more on interest than we are on the Canadian health transfer. The Liberals’ own budget documents presented in the spring economic statement indicate that by 2030, we are going to be using the entire deficit to pay off interest on the debt. It is the equivalent of going to a bank, getting a mortgage and convincing the bank to allow payment of only the interest on that mortgage, not paying off any of the principal but only making interest payments on the mortgage. That is the situation we are in today. Another Liberal member just called that the best fiscal situation in the world. That is laughable. There is no Canadian who believes that right now. I have a quote from C.S. Lewis. This goes back a while, but I find it a perfect quote for where we are right now. Lewis said: We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the [one] who turns back soonest is the most progressive.... We need to turn back. We need to get this country’s fiscal situation back on track. We need to have a plan, at least someone on the government side who indicates that it is important to one day get back to a balanced budget and a time when we have the flexibility to make the best decisions we can for all Canadians, including the most vulnerable.

Mike Lake, Leduc—Wetaskiwin

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“In 2015, Canada had a balanced budget and the richest middle class in the world. Our economy is much worse now.”
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Mr. Speaker, all I can say is that, in 2015, we had a balanced budget and the richest middle class in the world, and we are a long ways from there today.

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