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During Question Period on the economy, the Conservatives said the government’s claims about affordability do not match people’s experiences, citing high food bank use and constituents struggling to afford basics, and said the Prime Minister’s description of affordability is not accurate. The Liberals responded that no parent should have to sell belongings to feed a child, and said the questioning member had voted against government measures aimed at helping families, including school food programs, child benefits, job training, and grocery support.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Andrew Lawton

Conservative
“The Prime Minister says life is more affordable than it has been in a decade. That is not true. Over two million Canadians used food banks in a single month, and many people cannot even afford to buy shoes for their children.”

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Mr. Speaker, for a year and a half those arrogant Liberals have been standing in the House and telling us how great everything is. The Prime Minister says affordability is the best it has been in a decade. If that were true, I would not be getting emails like this every single day, and 2.35 million Canadians would not be using the food bank in a single month. Then we have Julia from St. Thomas, the mother of an 11-year-old. She owns a home and has done everything right. She is selling her belongings on Facebook Marketplace so that she can buy her daughter shoes. Are the numbers wrong or are the Liberals?

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Patty Hajdu

Liberal
“No mother in Canada should have to sell her belongings to feed her child. The member criticizing us voted against every government plan to help people like her, including school food, child benefits, job training, and grocery help.”

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Mr. Speaker, any mother who is facing hardship and has to sell things on Facebook Marketplace to feed her child is something I think we could all say would be an abomination in Canada. That is why I think that member of Parliament should go and tell that mother, Julia, that he voted against the school nutrition program, that he voted against the Canada child benefit program and that he voted against the investments in skills training. Let us add the groceries and essentials benefit. Every solution that we have proposed, as the Government of Canada, to help vulnerable people in this country, those guys vote against. In fact, they—

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