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2026-06-12 Sitting 135 Showing 1–1 of 1

A debate about affordability issues facing Canadians. The Conservative member highlighted the growing demand at food banks and criticized Liberal talking points, while the rest of the debate featured typical political exchanges.

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Andrew Lawton

Conservative 11:10 a.m.

“I want the government to spend less. People can't afford food. The Prime Minister spent lots of money on airplane food.”

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Mr. Speaker, Canadian food banks continue to see record increases. Back home, the St. Thomas Elgin Food Bank's demand has tripled in just five years. Canadians do not need Liberal talking heads on TV or members across the aisle to tell them that we are in a recession. They feel it every day when trying to feed their families. We have two out of five Canadians struggling to put food on the table, 60% feeling anxiety about their personal finances and 40% literally losing sleep wondering how they are going to make ends meet. At the same time, the Prime Minister has spent nearly $1 million on inflight catering over the last year, a catering bill that could feed a Canadian family for years. Clearly, when the Prime Minister told Canadians to make sacrifices, he was talking about common people feeding their families and not his mile-high caviar and champagne menu. Why is it that we always get lectures and gaslighting from the elitist net-zero banker class while ordinary people who build the country are the ones who have to pay the price?

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