“The Prime Minister is the only leader among our allies to push his country into a recession. Canadians are struggling with housing and food bank use is at record highs. I want him to explain why he says life is affordable.”

“Mr. Speaker, it is time once again. All of the G7 leaders are gathering together, and our Prime Minister has lots to talk about. He can brag that he is the only one of them to lead his country into a recession in the time he has been in office. In fact, he is the only leader in the G20 to do that. The fact that Canada is in a recession is just one measure of the way things are not going well for so many Canadians. We have families living in RVs in parking lots, we have seniors sleeping in Tim Hortons because they have nowhere else to go, and we have food bank usage at record highs, yet the Prime Minister says affordability is the best it has been in years. If this is the best, will he tell us what the worst would look like?”

“The Prime Minister makes announcements instead of taking real action. He has not signed any new trade deals, and life is getting harder for Canadians. Over two million people, including many children, had to use food banks in just one month last year. I want the Prime Minister to change his plans and fix this.”

“Mr. Speaker, we have heard the Prime Minister’s announcements before. What we have not seen is real action. Again, the Prime Minister has travelled around the world and failed to deliver a single new free trade agreement, while Canadians suffer. Even the Liberals’ so-called surveillance pricing announcement yesterday will not even be in effect until at least 2028, meaning it is yet another announcement that is not delivering results for Canadians. Of food bank users in Canada, 2.2 million in a single month last year, one-third are children. When will the Prime Minister reverse course and stop driving Canadians into the food banks?”

“The Prime Minister says the economy is doing well, but we are in a recession. Businesses in Quebec are cancelling investments and moving out of Canada. Does the Prime Minister realize his policies are driving businesses away?”

“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister claimed that the cost of living is the best it has been in decades, but I have some news for him: We are in a recession. Along with my Conservative colleagues, I travelled across Quebec last week to hear from entrepreneurs. In Beauce, Bellechasse, the Lower St. Lawrence, Saguenay and Quebec City, the conclusion is always the same: Investments are being postponed, planned expansions are on hold and some companies are moving their operations outside of Canada. Does the Prime Minister understand that his greatest failure has been creating a climate in which businesses prefer to produce elsewhere?”

“Canadians are struggling with money, and businesses are leaving for the United States. This means Canada is losing jobs. The economy has stopped moving, and the government is ignoring it.”

“Mr. Speaker, I think that the Minister of Finance is out of touch with reality. What we see on the ground, what we have observed, is that this is not working at all. What is more, a poll shows that 60% of Canadians are anxious because they do not have enough money and do not know how things will turn out. Then there are our entrepreneurs. As I said when I asked the first question: they have stopped investing. Those who are already in the United States are sending all their business there. That means job losses in Canada. Where is the good news in all this? Everything has come to a standstill. Nothing is moving forward. Does the Prime Minister realize that?”

“Canadians cannot afford housing or food because of the government's spending and rules. I want the Prime Minister to cancel the policies that caused this crisis.”

“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister said that affordability is the best it has been in a decade, but full-time workers are living in RVs and trailers because they cannot afford a home. Families are spending over 120% of their income on rent and food alone. People are even skipping surgeries and other major life events just to survive. The Liberals’ inflationary spending, red tape and antidevelopment policies created this recession and cost of living crisis. It is not global forces; it is Liberal choices. When will the Prime Minister reverse his costly policies that caused this crisis so Canadians can afford to live again?”

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“Canadians cannot afford food, but the Prime Minister spent almost one million dollars of public money on airplane meals. His plan to lower grocery prices will not help until 2028. I want him to stop making Canadians pay for the economic crisis he caused.”

“Mr. Speaker, we cannot make this up. The Prime Minister says affordability is the best it has been in a decade. Then ministers in the House rise and take credit for programs they implemented to address all the damage they caused. Their promised surveillance pricing legislation to lower grocery costs will not even take effect before 2028. While millions of Canadians cannot afford to eat, the Prime Minister spent nearly $1 million on inflight catering, and all of that on the taxpayers’ dime. When will this Prime Minister stop making Canadians pay for a crisis he built, a recession he caused and dinner that he put on their tab?”