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Mr. Speaker, today the Bank of Canada's report clearly says that two-thirds of the food prices we see today have to do with domestic factors and not with anything else. Could the leader please talk a bit more about those factors, including the inputs that go into food, and what the Conservative plan would be to get us out of this hellhole that the Liberals have put us in, which made Canada's food …
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Mr. Speaker, we thought Justin Trudeau was the worst money manager in Canadian history. The current Prime Minister said, “Hold my champagne, and watch what I do.” What he did was double the deficit. Can members believe that? We did not think the deficit could get any worse. In fact, when Justin Trudeau left that deficit, it was such a bad budget, such a bad update, that the then finance minister l…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal over there tries to make it seem like they have worked so hard. Usually, when someone works hard, there is a result. Let us look at their results. We have the highest food inflation in the G7 after they supposedly worked hard. We had $600 billion of good Canadian investment flee to the U.S. because the Liberals worked so hard. Unemployment is up because the Liberals worked…
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Mr. Speaker, I would ask for unanimous consent to split my time.
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Mr. Speaker, with Liberal math like that, it is no wonder Canada's economy is tanking and we have the highest inflation for groceries in the G7. Businesses are postponing any type of expansion, because Liberal taxes and red tape are still making growth impossible. While this government protects oligopolies in banking, telecoms and groceries, Liberals continue to liberal by blocking energy projects…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister broke his promise that Canada would have the fastest-growing economy in the G7, because the Liberals liberalled. GDP flatlined in November. GDP per person flatlined in 2025, and the Bank of Canada says that Canada's growth will flatline basically all of next year. It is because Liberals drove out business investment, and the Prime Minister has done nothing to repeal…
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Mr. Speaker, Liberal math is giving Canadians the highest food inflation in the entire G7. Then they give Canadians their money back, after they have taxed it, and say that this is the solution. I have a simple question for the minister: How much will grocery prices go down after this benefit is adopted?
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Mr. Speaker, the member is absolutely right. The Liberals have protected oligopolies, and not just in the grocery sector. If we look at telecoms and banking, we pay some of the highest fees in the entire world. It is because the government drove away competition. It supports banks merging. It supports telecoms merging, whereas Conservatives, as a core belief, believe that more competition is bette…
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Mr. Speaker, we all remember when the finance minister made a grand show in 2023, right before Thanksgiving. He said he was going to pull up his pants, roll up his sleeves, call the five major grocery store CEOs, tell them what was on his mind and make sure that grocery prices came down. He put on this grand show. Then the grocery store CEOs came and went. What happened after that? It is almost tw…
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Mr. Speaker, Canada is first in the G7 for food inflation. Canada's food inflation has doubled the U.S.'s inflation at 6.2%. Essentials like lettuce, beef, baby formula and apples have all been hit with Liberal inflation. Conservatives will fast-track any proposal that would reverse having the highest food inflation in the G7. That includes eliminating the industrial carbon tax and Liberal fuel st…
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Madam Speaker, giving Canadians the money back that the Liberals took from them in the first place does not lower grocery costs. The Prime Minister cannot blame global factors either when all other G7 nations have lower food inflation than Canada does. Liberals raised taxes on farmers, fertilizer and food processors, all while doubling the deficit. Will the Liberals reverse these failed policies, …
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Mr. Speaker, before telling Canadians to judge him by grocery prices, the Prime Minister should have removed hidden food taxes like the industrial carbon tax, the Liberal fuel standard and the food packaging tax. The verdict is in, and it is very expensive. An average family of four will pay an extra $1,000 in grocery costs next year. In fact, weekly groceries have doubled under the Liberals from …
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Mr. Speaker, the member for Brampton West touched upon something that I know he is very passionate about, and that is the issue of extortion. Under the Liberal government's soft-on-crime policies, the rate of extortion has exploded 330%. It is because criminals today have more rights than the victims do because of those soft-on-crime policies. I wonder if the member could describe a bit more what …
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Mr. Speaker, the difference is that Conservatives will build pipelines while the Liberals build pipe dreams. That answer is as fake as when the Prime Minister said he was working for the best interests of Canadians and not Brookfield. Entropy is a carbon capture company getting massive Canadian handouts. Its biggest investor is Brookfield. The Prime Minister is more worried about making big bucks …
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Mr. Speaker, the leave-it-in-the-ground Liberals outed themselves, admitting their fake announcement last week was not a pipeline approval. The eco-radical Liberal member for Victoria admitted there is no route, there is no project and there is no proponent, which means no pipeline. Who needs pipeline opponents when we have Liberal caucus members like that? The Prime Minister is fuelling confusion…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is all set to stage a fake pipeline photo op. What he will probably do is hand the veto power to kill that pipeline to the B.C. premier so that he does not have to do it himself. Subsection 92(10) of the Constitution says that the federal government has the sole power to approve inter-provincial projects and get shovels in the ground. The only person blocking the pi…
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Mr. Speaker, with the amount of hot air coming out of that member's mouth, I am surprised the Liberals have not slapped a carbon tax on it. That answer was as fake as the Prime Minister's promises. Tomorrow, he will make this grand show and pretend that he wants to get a pipeline built, but he will hide behind someone else and get them to cancel it so that he does not have to do it himself. The on…
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Mr. Speaker, the numbers do not lie. The Liberals have sacrificed the future of young Canadians. The deficit is a massive $80 billion this year, with more inflation and higher costs. The Prime Minister promised he would spend less and again broke his promise and is spending more. He is forcing young Canadians to sacrifice more so he can spend more. After 10 years of the Liberal government, housing…
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Mr. Speaker, I can promise that Albertans will not be happy with that answer, because nine costly, inflationary Liberal budgets have given Canadians double deficits, double debt, double food bank usage, double rents, double mortgages and double inflation. What Canadians do not want is for the Prime Minister to double down on the same failed policies that send 2.2 million Canadians into a food bank…
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Mr. Speaker, every dollar the Liberal government spends comes out of the pockets of hard-working Canadians through higher taxes and inflation. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister is forcing young Canadians to sacrifice more so he can spend more. A costly budget leads to a costly life for Canadians. The Liberals promised a $42-billion deficit. If the Prime Minister really is spending less, the deficit wi…
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Madam Speaker, after 10 years, Liberal insiders and elites never had it so good, but the Prime Minister forces young Canadians to make sacrifices. Young Canadians cannot afford a home, yet CMHC executives got $30 million in bonuses for helping contribute to the Liberal-made housing crisis. Over 700,000 kids line up at a food bank every month, yet BDC executives get $45 million in bonuses for helpi…
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Madam Speaker, if any of those programs actually worked, 700,000 kids would not be lined up at food banks every single month. Incompetence pays in the current government. We can look at the justice minister. There are Liberal-made housing, cost of living and food bank crises. Liberal insiders and elitists get paid to enable Liberal failures. When will the Prime Minister stop rewarding Liberal inco…
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Mr. Speaker, housing was half the cost under our leader when he was the housing minister, and if all of those expensive programs worked, 700,000 kids would not be waiting in food bank lines every single month. Rents have doubled. A P.E.I. senior reported that he is living out of his car because he cannot afford rent, but this is the new normal in Liberal Canada. The only people eating and living g…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister told young Canadians to make sacrifices while Liberal insiders and elites have never had it so good. Canadians are lining up at food banks while the Liberals use tax dollars to hand out bonuses. CMHC executives got $30 million in bonuses for helping the Liberal housing crisis. EDC executives got $60 million in bonuses for the Liberal mismanagement of COVID benefits.…
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Mr. Speaker, if programs like that actually worked and did not feed bureaucracy, 700,000 kids would not be visiting a food bank every single month. Their Liberal deficits are what is making the food go up in cost. This is why grocery inflation is up 4%. People who used to donate and who used to volunteer at food banks are now standing in line for food at those food banks. Why will the Liberals not…
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Mr. Speaker, every dollar the Prime Minister spends comes out of the pockets of Canadians through higher prices and food inflation. It took decades for food banks to have one million food bank users every month. It took the Liberals just six months to double that number. The Prime Minister said, bet, he is going to double the deficit and make more than 2.2 million Canadians visit a food bank in a …
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has built the fastest-shrinking economy in the G7. Did the Liberals not learn anything from Justin Trudeau, that the more they spend, the worse it gets for Canadians? Ten years of deficit spending has left Canadians with high inflation, and it is only getting worse. In typical Liberal fashion, the Prime Minister promised to cap government spending, yet he is going t…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal Prime Minister’s economic record is even worse than Justin Trudeau’s. By doubling the deficit, he is making everything more expensive, especially groceries. Today’s devastating inflation numbers confirm that Liberal deficits are crushing Canadians. Rent is up 5%, groceries are up 4%, and the four core inflation numbers are all above the bank's target. The so-called budget …
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians were promised one thing, but the bait and switch left them a leader who is elbows and knees down now, and the Liberals cannot get their story straight on the economy. First they blamed Trump's tariffs for having the fastest-shrinking economy in the G7. Now they claim they have the best deal on tariffs with the U.S. It does not add up. Since the Prime Minister took office, he…
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Mr. Speaker, today is the big day. The Prime Minister is in Washington begging with his elbows down, chasing a trillion dollars of Canadian investment jobs to the U.S. He promised to sign a deal by July 21. It is October. Instead he caved to the president's demands on countertariffs and digital services taxes. Now Canadian workers, businesses, manufacturers and farmers all got hit with double U.S.…
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Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of Liberals, Canadians are not safe anymore. Violent crime is up 55%, gun crime is up 130%, and extortions are up 330%. Recently, the Swift 1200 radio station in Surrey was shot up, which was allegedly tied to extortion. A Calgary family reached out to me to say their house and business were shot up, and that was also tied to extortion. The Liberals' soft-on-crime polic…
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Mr. Speaker, that food program is feeding bureaucracy, not kids. The finance minister made a grand show and said he was going to haul in all the grocery store CEOs, tell them what was on his mind and say, “Hey, buddy, you had better lower grocery prices, or else.” Then he doubled the deficit, making inflation go up, making food prices soar and sending two million Canadians into food banks. Why doe…
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Mr. Speaker, Justin Trudeau tried to make groceries the most expensive in Canadian history. The Prime Minister said, “Hold my champagne.” In August, food inflation outpaced overall inflation by 84%, and now the Parliamentary Budget Officer said the deficit could soar to $70 billion. It is the Liberal deficit that fuels the inflation tax that made grocery prices go up. Why is the Prime Minister so …
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Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of Liberal government, food prices have skyrocketed 40%. The Prime Minister said he would be different, and he is right; he is even more expensive than Justin Trudeau was. He is doubling the deficit, racking up the federal debt and blocking anything that would help bring food prices down. With Liberal inflation, food prices are 75% over the bank's target. Why does the P…
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Mr. Speaker, in the last election, Canadians were duped by a guy who is committing economic vandalism. The finance minister said that he would bring down the cost of groceries by Thanksgiving 2023. It is almost Thanksgiving 2025, and the cost of groceries has skyrocketed. It is as though the Liberals' solution to the cost of living crisis, which they created, is to spend even more than Trudeau did…
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Mr. Speaker, believe it or not, the Prime Minister admits he will outspend Trudeau. Large Liberal deficits made core inflation 50% over target and food prices 75% over target. No wonder everything is so expensive in this country. Let us listen to these stats: beef is up 33%; soup, 24%; and coffee, 22%. Now inflation is up, deficits are up, and borrowing costs are up, while the economy is down, and…
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Mr. Speaker, it is about a $90 tax cut. That is not even enough to get a bunch of bananas in the week, but Liberal policies are bananas. It is always about promises that they might do something. It is fantasy finance and pretend promises. At this rate, the next budget might as well come out with a box of crayons and a colouring book. The Prime Minister said to judge him by the price of groceries; …
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With regard to the Statement of Transactions of the Government of Canada, for fiscal years 2025-26 to 2029-30, broken down by year: what are the most up to date projections for (i) budgetary revenues, (ii) program expenses, excluding net actuarial losses, (iii) public debt charges, (iv) total expenses, excluding net actuarial losses, (v) budgetary balance before net actuarial losses, (vi) net actu…
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Mr. Speaker, this is coming from a guy who does not even do his own grocery shopping. The Prime Minister is bragging about a $90 tax cut this year, when his government's policies raised the cost of groceries $800. He has broken all of his promises: spending, tax cuts and high-priced consultants, and he is all elbows down on the U.S. While he is begging on his knees in front of Trump, Canadians hav…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is continuing the Trudeau tradition of breaking his promises and hiding from accountability. He refuses to table a spring budget, while massively increasing government spending and keeping the Parliamentary Budget Officer in the dark, and just like Trudeau, he cannot even get a tax cut right. He promised $800, yet the average Canadian will save only $90 this year, w…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister said that he was the man with a plan. A budget is a plan, and now he is shooting blanks. After being Trudeau's economic adviser for the past five years, he is worse than the old guy when it comes to accountability and transparency. As the Liberals hide, Canadians are worried about how much more debt, inflation and taxes are going to be dumped on them, since this guy…
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Mr. Speaker, I can assure the minister that no one has enough time to watch him. The minister cannot answer if these types of actions would be caught. The Prime Minister set this up in 2022 and 2024, when he was a financial adviser to Justin Trudeau. Was there a government effort to turn a blind eye to this tax evasion, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, can the minister confirm this: Is he saying that he will not collect the total $20 billion in U.S. tariffs, yes or no?
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Madam Chair, just giving the number, how much will the minister's government borrow this year on the debt?
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Mr. Chair, I will be splitting my time three ways. During the election, the Prime Minister said he would collect $20 billion in U.S. tariffs. Can the minister confirm on what date they will be fully collected?
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Mr. Chair, I will take that as a “no”. How much in tariffs will be collected this month, in June?
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Mr. Chair, there was no date in there. On what date will $20 billion be collected, as the Prime Minister had said it would be?
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Mr. Chair, the minister refuses to answer on what date they will be collected. Will the $20 billion be collected by the time the minister gets around to making his budget?
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Mr. Chair, will the rest of the tariffs be collected by the time the budget comes out, yes or no?
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Mr. Chair, when will the minister collect the remaining amount of the $20 billion?
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