The Economy

During Members’ Statements under the topic of the economy, Carol Anstey (Conservative) spoke about the cost of living, saying Canadians are struggling to afford food and rent and are even crowdfunding to get by. She criticized the Prime Minister’s claim that affordability is the best it has been in decades and criticized government spending, including on things like airplane food. She said Conservatives would stop wasteful spending and cut taxes.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Carol Anstey, Long Range Mountains

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“Canadians are struggling to afford food and rent while the Prime Minister wastes money on expensive airplane food. Conservatives would stop this wasteful spending and cut taxes.”
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    “Canadians are struggling to put food on the table.”

    Said 14 times by 12 members since April 27.

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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal Prime Minister has said affordability is the best that it has been in decades, even though some Canadians are crowdfunding their way through this cost of living crisis. He is so out of touch. The costly Liberal Prime Minister is the only G20 leader to drag his nation into a recession. While families spend over 120% of their income on food and rent, new data shows the Liberal Prime Minister spent nearly $1 million in luxury inflight catering over just 14 trips. That could feed a family for 55 years. Two in five Canadians are struggling to put food on the table. In Newfoundland and Labrador, one in 10 people are unemployed, and many do not know how they are going to make it through this winter. It is not global forces. It is Liberal choices. Every dollar spent on lavish Liberal catering is a dollar stolen from lowering taxes for Canadians. Conservatives would end this wasteful spending, cut the bureaucracy and restore common sense for Canadians.

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