“Life is getting more expensive and Canada's economy is falling behind other rich countries. Half of working Canadians are spending their entire paycheck or taking on debt just to get by. I want the government to adopt the Conservative economic plan to fix this.”

“Mr. Speaker, despite the assurances, the endless commitments and the half measures from Liberal Ottawa, Canada’s affordability crisis is bad and is getting worse. The National Payroll Institute just revealed that half of employed Canadians now spend all or more of their net pay, with no savings and more debt. Meanwhile, the OECD is cutting Canada’s growth forecast while raising forecasts for almost all of our G7 partners because of the uncertainty and stalled productivity. Despite all the MOUs, the speeches and the photo ops, Canada’s economy is still stuck and affordability has been forgotten by them, so when will the Liberals adopt our Conservative plan to get our country growing, moving and working again?”

“The government's economic plans are not working. One in four working Canadians lives paycheque to paycheque. People who work full-time have no money left at the end of the month. The government needs to admit its policies have failed.”

“Mr. Speaker, if any of those plans worked, we would not hear story after story of struggling Canadians. The numbers are the numbers, and no amount of Liberal promises without results is going to change that. However, it is not just about the numbers. It is about real people, and that is why one in four employed Canadians is now living paycheque to paycheque in this country. That is why I hear from people like Alan in my community, who works full-time and helps his mom with gas and groceries. There is nothing left in his bank account at the end of the month. There are so many people like him across the country. When will the Liberals realize that there are real costs to their failed policies?”

“Canada's economy is falling behind other rich countries, and people in my community cannot afford places to live. The government's plans are not working. I want the government to use the Conservative economic plan instead.”

“Mr. Speaker, the world is moving forward, but Canada is getting stuck. The OECD has cut Canada’s growth forecast by 25%. Only Canada and France were downgraded, while the rest of the G7 went up, and Canadians feel that failure. A lady in my community lives in her car and goes to the gym only to take a shower. The Liberals are all talk and no results. The Liberal government announces with urgency but delivers at a crawl. When will the Liberals adopt our Conservative economic action plan so Canadians can afford to live again?”

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“The Liberals are hurting our economy. We are in a trade war, but the government's trade projects are years or decades away. I want the government to stop making announcements and actually finish these projects.”

“Mr. Speaker, the reality is that the Liberals are driving the economy down. The Prime Minister himself said that we are in a trade war, but the projects we need to fight it are years, if not decades, away. The port of Churchill has no firm completion date. Gull Island hydro is 2037. Major LNG projects are into the 2030s. The Vancouver port expansion is years away. We cannot fight a trade war with business-as-usual timelines. The Liberal government is all talk and no results. When will it stop the announcements and start delivering?”

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“Canadians are struggling to afford groceries and debt is rising. The Prime Minister broke his promise to build a strong economy. The government should adopt our plan to save people money.”

“Mr. Speaker, after a year and a half of the Prime Minister’s lofty liberal rhetoric, there is very little to show for it. He promised the strongest economy in the G7. The figures speak for themselves. According to the National Payroll Institute, half of workers are now spending all of their take-home pay or going into debt just to make ends meet. While MPs on the other side of the House are laughing, I would remind them that 28% of Canadians are living paycheque to paycheque. For more than half of them, the weekly grocery run is a leading source of financial stress. Liberal rhetoric does not help pay for groceries. When will they adopt our Conservative action plan to save Canadians money?”

“Government programs are not helping people afford food. Groceries cost too much. I want the government to end all fuel taxes permanently to save people money.”

“Mr. Speaker, that is a lot of programs and a lot of words for very little in the way of results. Jessy from Centre-du-Québec is desperate. Her weekly grocery budget has gone from $120 to $170. She says it is clear that our dear Prime Minister has never had to pinch his pennies to buy groceries. Jessy is stretching every dollar to make ends meet. We want to help Jessy save money by axing all fuel taxes, not just suspending them briefly until next year. When will the Liberal government adopt our Conservative plan and give families a bit of breathing room?”