Pierre Poilievre
Battle River—Crowfoot, Alberta · Conservative · Canada
“Mr. Speaker, for over a century and a half, Canadians took for granted that when people came here from around the world, they left their problems behind.”
“Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of the constituents of Battle River—Crowfoot in communities like Amisk, Hardisty, Hughenden, Czar, Metiskow and Lougheed and the MDs of Wainwright, Provost and Flagstaff, who have all raised significant concerns about problems with cellphone coverage and data service, adding to already limited connectivity in…”
“Mr. Speaker, I will tell the member what we are for. We are for an affordable Canada, a Canada with growing paycheques and safer streets, which is the exact opposite of what the Prime Minister has delivered. This is his record: Count them; there have been five consecutive quarters of declining investment.”
“Mr. Speaker, do people know why the Prime Minister cannot stand to answer a question in the House of Commons? It is because he has been wrong about every single economic issue of the last decade. He was wrong to push bigger and broader carbon taxes. He was wrong to say that we should keep half our oil in the ground.”
“Mr. Speaker, no, we do not plan for a restful summer. We plan to fight all summer long against the Liberal recession, Liberal inflation, the rising Liberal cost of living and the rising Liberal crime crisis in our streets. Let us take, for example, investment. The Liberal Prime Minister promised he would increase it.”
“Mr. Speaker, at least the Liberals listened for once. I explained to them that houses are built by plumbers, electricians and carpenters, and the members stood up and said that the building trades build homes. We know who builds homes, but do we know who blocks homes? The Liberals block homes.”
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“He taxes the the fertilizer that goes in the ground, the farm equipment and the food processors. He then makes it harder to store and secure our food. We must remove the cost of government so that Canadians can afford the cost of food.”
“Mr. Speaker, the reality is that we have the highest food inflation in the G7. We have heard Liberal members make all kinds of excuses today. They claim it has to do with some storms in other countries or tariffs that do not apply to Canadian food. If that were true, then all of the other countries would be experiencing the same level of food inflation. They are not. They all live on the same planet, they all have the same tariffs, and yet food inflation is lower in the U.K., France, Italy, Germany, the U.S. and Japan. They all have much lower food inflation than we have here in Canada, which means something is happening in Canada that is uniquely driving up the cost of food. We have identified the problem. The Prime Minister is taxing the entire food chain.”
“Mr. Speaker, first of all, the government did not scrap the carbon tax; it removed one tax to raise two others. First, on the clean fuel regulations, I have in front of me a document provided by Environment and Climate Change Canada that shows that, this year, it is a 7¢-a-litre tax. It is even worse than the original carbon tax, since it applies to farms and fishing boats. At least there was an exemption from the other tax. It also applies in Quebec, since these are national regulations that bring up the cost of living. The industrial tax applies to fertilizer. Second, are taxes alone driving up food prices? Inflationary deficits are also increasing the supply of money and inflating the price of everything. That is the inflation tax. Canadians are paying it. The cost of government is bringing up the cost of living.”
“Mr. Speaker, that is not true: Inflation is not under control here in Canada. Just ask the single moms trying to feed their kids. I want my colleague to go visit a grocery store and tell a single mother that inflation is under control as she puts items back on the shelf because she cannot afford them. He will concede that food inflation in Canada is the worst in the G7, that Canadians pay more and that inflation is twice as high in Canada as it is in the United States. This is a direct result of the inflationary taxes and deficits imposed by this Prime Minister . We judge the government by its results, not by its rhetoric.”
“We can remove those costs and unleash the production of affordable, nutritious, delicious food that will help our people be healthier and stronger but will also ensure that we are more autonomous and self-reliant. A nation that feeds its people is a nation that stands on its own feet and is truly sovereign.”
“We propose to eliminate all of these taxes and costly red tape, to promote more competition in our grocery sector, because our mission is to work with all Canadians and with all parties to make this a country where one can have a full stomach, a full fridge and a full bank account all at once. One should be able to have a good meal for a good price in Canada. This should be the most affordable country in the world, because we have the most farmland on which to grow food, and we have among the greatest supplies of energy to help in food production. Let us remove the one thing that is causing the price inflation, which is the costly Liberal government.”
“Food prices are rising faster than in all of those other countries and twice as fast as when the Prime Minister took office. The good news is that global factors cannot be to blame. It is not tariffs applied by the Americans, because those tariffs do not apply to Canadian-consumed food. Also, we would not have lower inflation in all the other G7 countries if it really was tariffs. It is a homemade inflation crisis caused by Liberal taxes, on fuel, on the metals that go into our farm equipment and on fertilizer, and the new regulations that prevent us from preserving our food with single-use plastics.”
“We need to put the government on a diet so that Canadians can afford to eat. It is just awful that Canadians have to cut back on what they eat in order to feed a government that is morbidly obese. We need to cut back on the bureaucracy, the consultants, cronyism, foreign aid and handouts to bogus refugees in order to reduce the size of the government and lower the cost of living for Canadians. Our goal is to make Canada affordable. Considering all the land and natural resources we have, our country should be the most affordable in the world. That is our goal. We are prepared to work with the government and with anyone else to achieve that goal. Let us work together to make life affordable. [ English ] After 10 years of the Liberal government, we now have the worst food inflation anywhere in the G7.”
“Before entering politics, the Prime Minister admitted that deficits increase inflation. Now he is presenting us with the largest deficit in the history of Canada, except during the COVID‑19 pandemic. The deficit has doubled since Mr. Trudeau left office. This deficit is obviously causing widespread inflation across our economy. The cost of government is driving up the cost of living. We are here to offer solutions. We are proposing that the government adopt our affordability plan and remove all carbon taxes to reduce the cost of gasoline and diesel by 7¢ a litre. Let us get rid of the taxes on steel, on farm equipment and on fertilizer. Let us get rid of the taxes on the production and transportation of our food and allow Canadians to use plastic to preserve their food longer. We need to trim government fat.”
“This tax is even worse than the carbon tax that the Conservatives forced the government to abolish, because at least the government was offering a rebate for that and it did not apply to tractors and other farm equipment or to fishers' boats. (1300) The new tax applies everywhere, including to fishing and farming operations. It is already significantly increasing the cost of food production because the farmers and truckers who bring us our food have to pay it. Lastly, the Prime Minister is forcing Canadians to pay a packaging tax, and the government wants to ban plastics. Phony environmentalists may think it is a good idea to ban plastic, but that will cause food to spoil much faster, and that cost will be passed on to consumers. Let us not forget the inflationary deficits.”
“An hour after the Prime Minister left the grocery store, the prices were put back up. He is not a magician who can make prices disappear. In fact, he is making them go up by imposing an industrial carbon tax that applies to the steel used in agricultural equipment, to fertilizers, to factories that process our food and to other things related to agri-food production. There is also a new tax called the clean fuel regulations. It is not really a regulation; it is a tax that, according to Environment Canada, will increase the price of diesel and gasoline by 7¢ per litre this year and by 17¢ per litre over the next four years.”
“Worse still, piling another $12 billion in inflationary debt on Canadians is going to cause further inflation and drive up the price of everything. We know that some people are desperate and need this credit. That is why we are going to allow this measure to pass. However, no one should be saying that this is going to save the world. This is another illusion from this Prime Minister, who has made big promises and big announcements with no results. When he made this announcement, he had the price tags behind him at the grocery store where he held his press conference removed. He was so ashamed of the prices that he is forcing Canadians to pay that he chose to have them taken down. That is another illusion. Canadians do not live in an illusion; they live in reality.”
“That inflation rate has doubled since the Prime Minister came to power, and yet he promised affordable grocery prices. We have reached a point where Canadians can no longer pay their bills. The solution proposed by the government is to reintroduce a GST credit that was originally put in place by Justin Trudeau a few years ago. The credit will give a minority of families about $10 per week, while most Canadians will get nothing. A small minority will receive a maximum amount of $10 per week to pay their $300 weekly grocery bill. If people are spending $300 at the grocery store and the government gives them a $10 voucher, of course they are going to accept it, but that is not going to pay the bills. That is not going to make much of a difference at all.”
“Mr. Speaker, Canadians deserve to be able to buy enough groceries and to have a full fridge and a full bank account. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case today. After 10 years of inflationary taxes and deficits, the cost of groceries has nearly doubled. The average family will have to spend $17,600 on food this year. That is a huge increase. Right now, 2.2 million Canadians are relying on food banks every month because they simply cannot afford to pay for food. This is becoming a crisis because too many people are unable to put food on the table. A few years ago, the Liberals said they had a solution. The current Minister of Finance and National Revenue announced in 2023 that he would stabilize grocery prices by Thanksgiving that year. It is now February 2026, and Canada has the highest food inflation in the G7.”
“Mr. Speaker, of course we love the Premier of Nunavut, but all the Prime Minister has are meetings, announcements and signing ceremonies, never shovels in the ground and never results that matter to people. Not a single pipeline has been approved. His projects office has not approved a single new project. In fact, he has not removed a single pre-existing Liberal bureaucracy or a single pre-existing antidevelopment law. All he has to do is get out of the way and adopt a Canadian sovereignty act so we can get building and become self-reliant and strong.”
“Mr. Speaker, Canadians have never had it so good that 2.2 million of them are lined up at food banks. One of the reasons is that we cannot get our resources to market. We worked in collaboration to give the Prime Minister exceptional powers to get things done. Instead, he spent the time on photo ops, signing ceremonies and reannouncing projects that were long ago approved. The Prime Minister's new bureaucracy, the projects office, has not approved a single new project. Why will the Prime Minister not get out of the way and accept our plan by passing a Canadian sovereignty act today?”
“Mr. Speaker, if Canadians could eat the Prime Minister's photo op, there would not be an empty stomach in the country. He has had lots of meetings. He has had signing ceremonies. He has had grand announcements and new bureaucracies, but what he has not delivered are real results. His biggest promise was that he was going to make food prices affordable. Since that time, food inflation has doubled. It is the worst in the G7. It is the result of his hidden taxes, the inflation tax from his deficits, and the fuel taxes on farmers, fertilizers and farm equipment. Instead of trying to hide the price tag, why will he not get rid of the cost?”
“Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Prime Minister held a photo op at a grocery store in front of food, but there was just one thing missing: the price tags. He ordered his PMO staff to literally show up early at the grocery store and remove the price tags. They are back up today. We went and checked, and they are really high. In fact, grocery prices are rising faster in Canada than in any other G7 country, twice as fast as in the States and twice as fast as when he took office. The hidden costs the Prime Minister imposes on inflation will not go away just because he tries to take down the price tags. Why will he not take down the price?”
“Mr. Speaker, this is a clear example of this Prime Minister's delusion. He holds meetings instead of delivering results. Results are what we need. He promised that food would be more affordable, but a year later, food inflation has doubled. It is twice as high as in the United States. It is the worst food inflation in the G7. Yesterday, he tried to hide that by taking away the price tags. If prices are so outrageous that he wanted to hide them from Canadians, does that mean his record is terrible too?”
“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister held a photo op yesterday at a grocery store, but something was missing. There were no price tags. He ordered his PMO staff to remove the price tags so he could hide from Canadians how much it costs to buy groceries after a year, since he has doubled food inflation, which is the highest in the G7. His inflationary taxes and deficits are a hidden cost in food prices. Instead of hiding prices, why not lower them?”
“Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his important role in the Harper government and in creating, of course, the richest middle class in the world, as declared by the ultra-liberal, internationally famous New York Times in 2015. Can we imagine if somebody said that today? They would be laughed off the stage. Here we are, a decade later, and housing costs are the most expensive in the G7. Food inflation is the worst in the G7. The Liberals have given Canada the worst economic growth in a decade. Half a trillion dollars' worth of net investment has left. All these things have worsened since the Prime Minister took office. It does not have to be this way. We demonstrated it before. The best is yet to come.”
“Mr. Speaker, I find it funny that the Bloc Québécois thinks that Canadian sovereignty is radical. The Bloc Québécois thinks that using our own resources rather than depending on other countries is a radical idea. The Bloc would rather import American oil than use oil that is produced here in Canada and that helps to fund health care, education and roads in Quebec. The Bloc Québécois thinks it is radical to let consumers choose their own cars and wants to force people to use EVs in the regions of Quebec, where they are not practical. The Bloc wants to impose a tax on gas and diesel in the regions of Quebec where people have no choice but to use traditional energy. It is not radical to take back control. More importantly, it is not radical to be masters in our own house.”
“Mr. Speaker, the Liberal member seems to be astonished that we would say the same thing after the election that we said before the election. I can understand why he finds that counterintuitive, because the Liberals do exactly the opposite. The Liberal Prime Minister promised he would get a deal with the Americans by July 21. There is still no deal. He said there would be countertariffs. There are no countertariffs. He said he would spend less. He is now spending $90 billion more, having doubled Justin Trudeau's deficit. He said there would be more investment. Investment has actually gone down. He said he would “build, baby, build”. In fact, he has not approved a single, solitary pipeline or removed a single anti-development bill. The Liberals do the opposite of what they promised before the election. We keep our word.”
“It would create bonuses for our provinces when they open up their markets to free trade across Canada. This is a real and serious plan to make Canada the most affordable and autonomous country anywhere on earth, a nation that is strong enough to stand on its own two feet and sovereign enough to never have to bow before any other nation. We call on all parliamentarians to rally for this mission because our country is worth the fight.”
“He only needs to get out of the way and grant the permits for these things to happen. We propose a Canadian sovereignty act, which would make us strong and self-reliant and would let us stand on our own two feet. It would repeal the anti-energy laws, Bill C-69 and Bill C-48 , so we can ship energy off our coast. It would rapidly approve a pipeline to the Pacific in order to move 30 billion dollars' worth of our oil to overseas markets, which is bigger than the total exports to China in an entire year. It would eliminate the capital gains tax on reinvestments in Canada, causing an economic boom and bringing that half a trillion dollars' worth of investment back. It would require incentives and other rules in order to keep the new Canadian technology we invent here in Canada.”
“The Prime Minister 's solution to the problem of too much bureaucracy is to create even more bureaucracy. We have too many agencies blocking resource development, so he creates a new agency to stack on top of it. We have too many laws that stand in the way of safe and responsible resource development, so he creates even more laws. He is confusing the problem with the solution. We do not need more signing ceremonies, more summits, more laws, more agencies, more corporate buzzwords or more abracadabra. What we need from the Prime Minister is one thing: for him to get out of the way and grant a permit. The unique power to build interprovincial pipelines is a federal power under the Constitution, and the legal power is with the Prime Minister , under Bill C-5 .”
“In fact, we get 15,000 dollars' worth of investment per worker, while the Americans get $28,000, both measured in United States dollars. This has left us poorer, weaker and more dependent on other countries. We all understand the problem. Canada's economy is paralyzed by the high cost and slow pace of our massive bureaucracy. Everybody agrees that the permitting times are too slow. We know the only thing standing in the way is this bureaucracy, because we have trillions of dollars in pension fund investment waiting on the sidelines or invested overseas, tens of thousands of construction workers ready to get to work, and the most resources per capita in the world. The only things standing in the way are federal permits. Because these are interprovincial projects, they only require federal permits.”
“It should be dirt cheap to live in Canada because we have the most dirt to build homes on, to dig resources from and to grow food in, yet we are one of the most expensive places to use energy, to buy homes or to buy food. In fact, food price inflation is now the highest in the G7 after a year of the Prime Minister promising to bring prices down. We have 2.2 million people who line up at food banks. We have the most expensive real estate in the G7. Our energy costs are soaring while we cannot get our own resources out of the ground and to markets. What is worse is that our economy has become even more dependent over the last decade. Half a trillion dollars' worth of net investment has fled to the United States of America. Canada has had the worst economic growth of any G7 nation under the Liberal government. We have the worst investment.”
“We are moving this patriotic motion in good faith to liberate our entrepreneurs, investors and workers, to bring production and paycheques back to Canada and to allow us to truly be masters in our own house. By passing the sovereignty bill, we will become masters in our own house and we will control our own destiny. (1255) [ English ] Canada should be the most affordable and autonomous nation on earth. We have the biggest oceanic coastline. We are number one in uranium and potash. We are number four in oil. We have the sixth-highest production of natural gas anywhere on earth. We have the most fresh water. We have the sixth-largest amount of farmland per capita, yet somehow we cannot feed, fuel or defend ourselves.”
“This will enable us to develop technologies and build mines, factories and other economic infrastructure. We need to eliminate anti-development laws, such as Bill C‑69 and Bill C‑48 , so that we can export our energy overseas and approve a pipeline to the Pacific now rather than in two years. We must also immediately pass laws that prevent our technology from being sold overseas and to other countries. Finally, we must give provinces a bonus for every interprovincial trade barrier they remove in order to accelerate true Canada-wide free trade. The Prime Minister has given the illusion that he is taking action with signing ceremonies, photo ops and grand speeches. We do not need speeches. In fact, we do not need him to do anything but get out of the way.”
“Since taking office, he has not repealed a single anti-development law or eliminated any of the anti-development bureaucracy. He has not given the green light to a single pipeline. What he has done is add new laws on top of existing laws, new regulations on top of existing regulations and new agencies on top of existing agencies. If we all agree that bureaucracy is preventing us from building in Canada, then more bureaucracy cannot be the solution. On the contrary, the government needs to get out of the way so that Canada can build economic sovereignty. That is why we are proposing the economic sovereignty act today. The act aims to eliminate capital gains taxes for those who reinvest in Canada, which will help us attract the $500 billion in investments that have gone to the United States.”
“Half a trillion dollars in Canadian investment has left Canada for the United States over the past 10 years, and that amount has increased since this Prime Minister came to power. We know what the problem is. We have a country that is paralyzed by bureaucracy, which is preventing us from accessing our own resources. Because of this bureaucracy, it takes 19 years to get a mining project approved. This bureaucracy has blocked the construction of two major pipelines to our coasts, which would have allowed us to export our greatest resources overseas. Bureaucracy is also preventing us from building natural gas liquefaction facilities. How do we solve this? The Prime Minister's solution is to create even more bureaucracy.”
“Mr. Speaker, our country should be the most self-sufficient and most affordable country in the world, because we have the most resources per capita in the world. We have the fourth-largest oil reserve in the world. We rank fifth in natural gas. We have the longest and most accessible coastline. We have the largest reserves of uranium and other ingredients used in fertilizers. We have the largest reserves of drinking water. We should therefore be the richest, most self-sufficient and most affordable country in the world. However, how do we rank? Canada currently has the worst housing prices in the G7. We have had the worst economic growth for the past 10 years and the worst investment levels in the G7. We now have the highest food inflation in the G7.”
“Mr. Speaker, the reality is that Enide and his family are paying a record-high price. If Enide is part of a family of four, that family would spend over $17,000 on groceries this year. That is $1,000 more than it spent last year. That is the fastest increase in the G7. Now, the Prime Minister has revived a Trudeau-era rebate, which we will let pass, that would barely cover a few trips to the grocery store, while the average family spends 17,000-plus dollars. Why will the Liberals not stop increasing grocery prices by getting rid of their inflationary deficits and taxes on food?”
“Mr. Speaker, only the Liberals would look at the $17,600 that the average family has to spend on groceries and say that it is a time to rejoice. The Liberals say that Canadians should be grateful to be lined up in record numbers at the food bank. They think Canadians should thank them for having the highest food inflation in the G7, which is twice as bad as that in the United States of America. They think that Canadians should give them gratitude for having doubled food price inflation since the Prime Minister was elected, after he promised to be judged by the prices at the grocery store. Why will they not reverse their Liberal taxes and debt so we can—”
“Mr. Speaker, in the spirit of solidarity, why will the Liberals not agree with the Canadian people that we should get rid of all the hidden taxes the Liberals have imposed on groceries? There is the Liberal fuel standard tax, which is 7¢ a litre for farmers, truckers and those who bring us our food. There is the industrial carbon tax on farm equipment and fertilizer. All of this has given Canada the worst food price inflation in the G7. Our food costs are rising twice as fast as those in the United States of America. Now the Liberals are promising to recycle a Trudeau-era rebate that would not even cover one trip to the grocery store.”
“Mr. Speaker, the Canadian people deserve affordable groceries. The Liberals might laugh that off, but they have given Canada the worst food price inflation in the G7. It is rising twice as fast in Canada than it is in the United States of America. There are 2.2 million people lined up at food banks. Since the Prime Minister said that he would make groceries affordable, the inflation rate has actually doubled. Will the Prime Minister finally reverse his inflationary deficits and taxes so Canadians can afford to eat?”
“Mr. Speaker, Canadians deserve affordable groceries, but under the Prime Minister 's watch, food price inflation is the highest in the G7. It is twice as high as in the States and twice as high as when he took office. He cannot blame global factors when it is rising faster than it is in any other G7 country. The real cause is his rising taxes on farmers— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!”
“Mr. Speaker, food inflation has doubled since the Prime Minister took office, and it is the worst in the G7. The cheques announced by the Liberals today will not even pay for one trip to the grocery store. The reality is that the average family will have to spend $17,000 a year on groceries. When will the Prime Minister cancel his inflationary taxes and deficits so that Canadians can eat?”
“Mr. Speaker, Canadians deserve affordable groceries, yet today we learned that Canada's food inflation is by far the highest in the G7. It is rising twice as fast as it is in the United States. Food inflation has doubled since the Prime Minister took office. If it were really due to external factors, we would not be the worst country in the G7. When will the Prime Minister scrap his inflationary deficits and taxes so that Canadians can afford groceries?”
“Mr. Speaker, it is very telling that the Prime Minister is not prepared to stand up and defend his own tax. Just to prove that it is another counterfeit, the Liberals say a tax on the diesel that farmers use is going to help farmers, just like releasing criminals, they say, will reduce crime. Conservatives have been fighting to end Liberal bail for a very long time. The Liberals pretended to agree with us, introducing a watered-down bail bill, but now they are blocking their own bill. Conservatives have moved 17 times to push the bail bill forward, and 17 times Liberals have blocked it. There has not been one second of study at their own justice committee. Will they get out of the way so that we can scrap Liberal bail and bring safety by Christmas?”
“Mr. Speaker, the member might be suggesting that her own government department is imagining things again. I am reading right here from the environment department's impacts of the CFR on gasoline and diesel prices. For 2026, that is 7¢ a litre, another tax increase on fuel. While the Prime Minister promised to flip-flop on carbon taxes and copy Conservative ideas, once again it is the costly counterfeit version on his side. That tax will increase the cost of producing and delivering food to grocery stores. Just in time for Christmas, will he get rid of this latest Liberal tax on energy and food?”
“Mr. Speaker, let me wish everyone a merry Christmas, the time of hope. Of course, Conservatives are the party of hope, and we share that hope right across the House of Commons, as I do with the Prime Minister , inviting him to stand up. Unfortunately for many Canadians, it is the time of Liberal inflation. As they go down the grocery aisles, they see the costs of food rising before their eyes as the Prime Minister increases hidden taxes on the costs of making and selling food, with a 7¢-a-litre gas tax he plans for the new year. Will he rise today and give Canadians some hope by announcing he is reversing that latest Liberal tax hike?”
“Mr. Speaker, I just wanted him to defend, for once, the rising cost of living caused by the taxes the Liberals are imposing on grocery prices. However, that is not all. There is also crime. The Liberals are blocking their own bail legislation. Conservatives have moved 17 motions in the last two days to push the bail legislation ahead. The Liberals are the ones who caused this problem by releasing criminals under the provisions of Bill C-75 . Will they allow us move their bill forward, before Christmas, in order to repair the damage they have done?”
“Mr. Speaker, I wish everyone a merry Christmas. It is the holiday season; it is a time of hope. Of course, the Conservative Party is the party of hope. We share that hope with everyone today. However, for too many people, life has become too expensive. Single mothers and seniors cannot afford food, and the Prime Minister is threatening Canadians with another gas tax hike that will increase the cost of food. Will the Prime Minister make an announcement before Christmas about cancelling his hidden taxes on groceries to give Canadians some hope of eating well?”
“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister 's refusal, even though he is in Ottawa, to answer my questions directly is not in keeping with the Christmas spirit. This is at a time when he has driven up the cost of living so much that 2.2 million Canadians are lined up at food banks and food prices are going to drive an extra $1,000 onto the grocery bills of Canadians next year, after he imposed higher taxes on farm equipment, fertilizer, food packaging and more. Will the Prime Minister , instead of being the Grinch of the grocery store, reverse these taxes so that Canadians can have an affordable, delicious Christmas?”
“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister was conspicuously irrelevant at that meeting, where he played no role whatsoever in the agreement, yet he charged Canadians $800,000 for a privately chartered jet. Apparently, his own prime ministerial jet was not good enough for him. He does this while he imposes an industrial carbon tax on farm equipment, on fertilizer and on food processors that has driven 2.2 million Canadians to a food bank. Why is the Prime Minister being the Grinch of the grocery store, charging taxpayers for flights when Canadians cannot eat?”
“Mr. Speaker, every time a Liberal insider does damage to Canadians, drives up their cost of living, they get a reward. It is not just with Mr. Wiseman; it is the Prime Minister himself. His policies are driving up grocery prices for the year to come, and what did he do as punishment for himself? He gave himself an $800,000 privately chartered flight to Egypt, where there were meetings happening in which he had absolutely no role other than a photo op. Why is it that Canadians need to line up at food banks so he can go jetting around the world for photo ops?”
“Mr. Speaker, Canadians have wanted to know who came up with the idea of radical open doors, liberal immigration that overwhelmed our health care, housing and job market. It turns out it was Mark Wiseman, the Prime Minister 's corporate crony, long-time Liberal elite and head of the Century Initiative, whose stated mission is to triple the population of Canada to 100 million people, a policy that is designed to profit multinational corporations by driving wages down and housing costs up. Why is it that every time somebody comes along with an idea that harms Canadians and drives up their cost of living, the Prime Minister gives them a promotion?”
“Mr. Speaker, the person who suggested this radical, Liberal policy is Mark Wiseman. He advocates for tripling Canada's population to 100 million “even if it makes Quebec howl”. This is someone who has shown contempt for Quebec and who cannot negotiate on behalf of Quebec. This is someone who proposed a policy that inflates the cost of living, takes away jobs and puts pressure on our health care system. Why does the Prime Minister want to appoint him as ambassador to Washington?”