“More Canadians are using food banks because food costs too much, and Canada has the highest food inflation in the G7. The government's taxes and debt caused this. I want the Prime Minister to lower food costs.”

“Mr. Speaker, on World Hunger Day, food security organizations came to the finance committee and told us that more people from more demographics are using food banks more often in Canada. Forty-three per cent of Canadians now say that the cost of groceries severely affects their ability to access food, and food inflation in Canada remains the highest in the G7. The Prime Minister promised to lead, and he did: straight to the only recession in the G7. There are more costs, more taxes and more debt on the national credit card. When is the Prime Minister going to show us that he is not just another Liberal and get serious about reducing the cost of food?”

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  “More debt and more on the national credit card.”

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“Canada is the only G7 country in a recession. The government spent too much money and brought in too many people. This caused higher prices for housing, health care, and food.”

“Mr. Speaker, two quarters of negative growth mean we are the only G7 economy in a recession. Excuses and deflection will not cut it. StatsCan has the receipts. Liberals chose to add more debt, more spending and more people. By doing that, they created more pressure on housing, health care and food costs than the system can bear. Every dollar the government adds to the national credit card eventually shows up in the grocery aisle. When the only thing growing faster than grocery prices is the lineups at the food banks, it is no wonder these Liberals have stopped talking about the middle class and those seeking to join it.”

“Government spending has pushed Canada into a recession. Many Canadians cannot afford food while the Prime Minister spends thousands of dollars on expensive meals on his plane. The government must admit its economic plan failed and change course.”

“Mr. Speaker, after 11 years of Liberal spending, Canada is in fact the only G7 country in a recession. While one in three working Canadians is going into debt just to put groceries on their table, the Prime Minister, at 30,000 feet, is spending $95,000 on inflight food. We are talking about braised beef, special butter cups and fine wines. Deficits have doubled, costs keep going up and Canadians are falling behind, so when will the Liberal government admit its failure and reverse course?”

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“Canada is the only G7 country in a recession because of the Prime Minister. He lives a rich life, but normal Canadians are using food banks, losing their homes, and going bankrupt. I want the government to act.”

“Mr. Speaker, those same global problems are being experienced by all countries within the G7, but only Canada’s leader, only Canada’s Prime Minister, has led this country into a recession. It is only Canada. He is not worried, but why would he be? He is fine. He is fine because, again, he is enjoying fine wine, he is enjoying braised beef and he is enjoying luxury Normandy butter cups, whatever the heck that is. That is his reality, but that is not the reality of Canadians. Canadians are lining up at food banks like never before. Canadians are defaulting on their mortgages, and Canadians are declaring bankruptcy. When will the government wake up to reality, the reality that is faced by everyday Canadians, and do something about it?”