“Life is not affordable for Canadians. Parents have to give thousands of dollars to their adult children, and seniors in my riding skip meals because food costs too much. The Prime Minister says things are affordable, so I want him to tell these seniors that himself.”

“Mr. Speaker, I may remind the House that, unlike the member prior, only my tie is red today. It is very important for us to stand up in the House for affordability for Canadians. A new Royal Bank of Canada survey found that more than half of parents with adult children aged 18 to 40 provided financial support over the past year, contributing an average of $6,151. It is not just that generation. I met with a group of seniors in St. Thomas a couple of weeks ago. One of them said that she does not eat lunch because of the price of groceries. More shocking was when almost every other senior at the table said that they did not either. This is a fact of life in Canada, the same Canada of which the Prime Minister says affordability is the best it has been in a decade. Would the Prime Minister like me to tell these seniors that, or will he do it himself?”