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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“The Prime Minister still thinks we use zero steel, Mr. Speaker. On another subject, unfortunately a much darker subject, last week, the Supreme Court ruled that a one-year prison sentence was too much for possession of child abuse and exploitation materials. That sentence was already far too low for the two dirtbags who had literally hundreds of impressions and videos of children being tortured. Will the Prime Minister do the right thing and invoke the notwithstanding clause in order to put the rights of children ahead of the rights of those who abuse them?”
“Mr. Speaker, apparently the Prime Minister is still under the misconception that Canadians do not use steel. Do members remember that interview when he asked the CTV interviewer, Steve, if he used steel? Of course, farmers use steel in order to produce their food and in order to store their grains. Processors use steel in the apparatuses of their conveyor belts. The tax on fertilizer and equipment drives up the cost of food, not according to Conservatives, but according to Sylvain Charlebois. Is the Prime Minister going to tell Canadians that an industrial carbon tax on Canadian farmers is not driving up the price of groceries?”
“Mr. Speaker, it is twice as expensive as any other budget, and it makes generational debt. Speaking of sovereignty, what about food sovereignty? The Prime Minister's budget increases taxes on food production. With the industrial carbon tax on farm equipment, fertilizer, storage bins and food processing plants, Sylvain Charlebois, Canada's food professor, says it is arguably the most damaging aspect of the Liberal carbon tax. It is a tax across the supply chain that undermines the competitiveness of our agri-food sector. Why is the Prime Minister threatening our food sovereignty and driving up our food prices?”
“Mr. Speaker, never before have Canadians had to spend so much to get so little. The budget, with its record deficit outside of COVID, has a deficit twice the size of the one Trudeau left behind and $16 billion bigger than the Prime Minister promised. It has, in its spending, $5,400 of extra costs for every family, in more expensive government. While Canadians are already unable to eat, heat and house themselves, why is the Prime Minister's costly budget making them pay even more?”
“Mr. Speaker, this Prime Minister is becoming the most costly Prime Minister in the history of our country, and it is actually the bankers who stand to benefit the most. Now the interest on the national debt is going to cost Canadians $55 billion. That is more than we spend on health transfers, and it is more than the government takes in from the GST. Every penny that Canadians pay in GST does not go to nurses and doctors, but rather to bankers. Why does the Prime Minister want to take money that should go to health care and hand it over to bankers instead?”
“Mr. Speaker, never before in history has a budget forced Canadians to pay so much for so little. Every dollar that the Prime Minister spends comes out of the pockets of Canadians. He broke his promises. He promised to spend less, yet he is increasing net spending by an additional $90 billion. That amounts to $5,400 per family. He has doubled Justin Trudeau's deficit and has added more debt than in any year outside of the COVID‑19 crisis. At a time when Canadians cannot pay their bills, why is the Prime Minister forcing them to pay even more?”
“For our seniors, we want affordability. We want, for all Canadians who work hard, to bring back the promise of Canada. With that, I move: Motion That the debate be now adjourned. (Motion agreed to)”
“We will put forward an amendment that would transform this policy by making Canada affordable again. It would get rid of the industrial carbon tax and cut the wasteful spending to bring down debt, inflation and taxes. It would open our country up to opportunity by developing our prodigious resources and clear away bureaucracy to build affordable homes. [ Translation ] We are asking the Prime Minister to accept our amendment to make life more affordable, deliver more powerful paycheques for Canadians and make our economy more independent. That is the approach we are proposing. We are proposing an economy that is affordable for young people, that provides security for seniors, and that protects Canada's promise to anyone who works hard. [ English ] We want a hopeful future. For our young people, we want homes, jobs and hope.”
“This costly budget forces Canadians to spend more on debt interest than on health care transfers and more than the government collects in GST. This means that every dollar that Canadians pay in GST would go to bankers and bondholders instead of to doctors and nurses. That is all while he raises the industrial carbon tax on farm equipment and fertilizer and therefore food, as well as on steel, concrete and other industrial projects needed to build homes: a big tax increase on homes and food. Instead, our party wanted an affordable budget for an affordable life. On behalf of all the Canadians who can no longer afford to eat, heat or house themselves because of Liberal inflation, we Conservatives cannot support this costly Liberal budget. However, there is still time for the Prime Minister to do the right thing.”
“He promised a $62-billion deficit; he delivered a nearly $80-billion deficit, $16 billion bigger than he promised and twice the size of the one his predecessor left behind. He promised to lower the debt-to-GDP ratio; he raised it and inflation along with it. He promised to spend less; he is spending $90 billion more, costing $5,400 per family in Canada, and that $90 billion is above and beyond the promised $16 billion that he says he will one day find. An hon. member: Oh, oh! Hon. Pierre Poilievre: Mr. Speaker, if he does not find it, it will be over $100 billion in brand new spending, to respond to the Prime Minister 's heckles. He also promised that he would invest more. His own budget document lays out a graph showing that every quarter of this year will see private sector business investment collapse.”
“Every dollar the Prime Minister spends comes out of the pockets of Canadians. The more the Liberals spend, the more things cost. That is why Conservatives were calling for an affordable budget for an affordable life, after the Liberals doubled the cost of housing and doubled the lineups at food banks. [ Translation ] Today, the Liberals have introduced the largest and most costly deficit in the history of our country, outside of the COVID‑19 crisis. It will drive up the cost of food, housing and many other things. [ English ] The cost of this Liberal budget will drive up the cost of food, housing and everything else that Canadians buy. The Prime Minister has broken every single promise he made just seven short months ago.”
“Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the minister on his first budget speech. It was a very long speech, and given that this Liberal government is adding about $10 million to our national debt every hour, it must be the most expensive speech in the history of this Parliament. [ English ] I think we can say that while talk is cheap, it is very expensive when a Liberal finance minister speaks. [ Translation ] Every dollar the government spends comes out of the pockets of Canadians. The more the government spends, the more things cost. That is how the Liberals managed to double the cost of housing and double the lineups at food banks. That is why Conservatives want an affordable budget for a more affordable Canada. (1720) [ English ] The current government is the most expensive in Canadian history.”
“Mr. Speaker, the member has been in the Liberal government for 10 years. He says that he is new but he is making the same promises that deficits will result in investment. The last time the current finance minister promised that, we saw that investment dropped more than in any time in Canadian history and more than in any other G7 country. What went up? The cost of housing doubled. Food went up, doubling the number of people in food bank lineups. They doubled the national debt. Why not have an affordable budget for an affordable life by getting rid of the industrial carbon tax on food and homes for a change?”
“Mr. Speaker, the member has to get his story straight. First, he started his answer by saying that there is no industrial carbon tax, and then he finished it by saying that the industrial carbon tax is great and does not cost anybody any money. He has to decide which it is. Here is how it works, for a prime minister who does not understand that Canadians need steel: The industrial carbon tax on steel, cement, plastic and other inputs raises the cost of building homes. The tax on farm equipment and fertilizer raises the cost of food. If the Liberals want an affordable budget for an affordable life, why not scrap the industrial carbon tax on food and homes?”
“Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have been making those promises for the last nine Liberal budgets, which doubled housing costs and drove 2.2 million people to the food bank because of higher grocery prices. If the member wants ideas for an affordable budget and an affordable life, here is one: There is the Liberal industrial carbon tax, which applies to the steel, cement and other inputs to build homes, and it applies to the farmers and their fertilizer and equipment. Will the Prime Minister , instead of provoking an unnecessary election, get rid of the industrial carbon tax so that we can bring down food and housing costs?”
“Mr. Speaker, tomorrow will be the 10th costly Liberal budget. After the Liberals doubled housing costs, doubled food bank lineups and doubled the national debt, now they are making exactly the same costly promises. The Prime Minister says that Canadians who cannot afford to eat or heat or house themselves need to make more “sacrifices”. The choice for us is simple. If the budget brings down the cost of living, we will support it. If it brings up the cost of living, just as every other Liberal budget has, we will vote no. Instead of trying to provoke a costly election on a costly budget, why not have an affordable budget for an affordable life?”
“Mr. Speaker, for 10 years, the Liberals have been making exactly the same promises. The Minister of Finance and National Revenue , who used to be the industry minister, is the one who has caused the biggest decline in investment in Canada after promising that deficits would promote investment. Ultimately, the debt, the number of people in food bank lineups and the cost of housing have all doubled. Instead of forcing Canadians to make more sacrifices and triggering a costly election on a costly budget, why not table an affordable budget for an affordable life?”
“Mr. Speaker, tomorrow will be the 10th costly Liberal budget. For 10 years, the cost of living for Canadians has been going up. Canadians are already paying too much, but the Prime Minister is asking them to sacrifice even more. The choice for Conservatives is simple. If the budget brings down the cost of living, we will support it. If the budget brings up the cost of living, we will vote against it. Instead of trying to provoke a costly election on a costly budget, why not present an affordable budget for an affordable life?”
“Mr. Speaker, these Liberal programs do not feed children; they feed bureaucracy, consultants, lobbyists and insiders. We know that because since they have brought in all of these promises, we have seen food bank use more than double. By the government's own admission, 25% of kids go to school hungry after 10 years of these Liberal policies. Why? It is because the more the government spends, the more things cost. Every dollar the Liberals spend comes out of the pockets of hard-working Canadians. Have they not learned their lesson after 10 years that we need an affordable budget so that Canadians can have affordable lives?”
“Mr. Speaker, the member and the Prime Minister are trying to provoke a costly election on their costly budget. They are again playing costly games. This is not about games; this is about the people lining up at food banks, the 2.2 million of them. That number has doubled since the government took office 10 years ago. It's about Jaclyn Stone, who says, “It’s heartbreaking. It’s hard.... It was just [tough] making ends meet.” She says that she feels embarrassed and disheartened to turn back items when she is at the checkout and her bank account goes empty. Will the government reverse course and bring in an affordable budget so that people like Jaclyn can have an affordable life?”
“Mr. Speaker, there he goes, trying to use a costly budget to trigger a costly election. We know he wants to distract from the fact that the Prime Minister has broken every promise he has made, by triggering a costly election on a costly budget, but Canadians should not have to choose between a costly budget and a costly election. They can choose an affordable budget with an affordable life, and we are putting forward the proposals on how to do that, such as eliminating the industrial carbon tax on our farmers, who feed us. Will the Liberals take our positive, collaborative ideas for an affordable budget and affordable life, yes or no?”
“Mr. Speaker, Canadians cannot afford a 10th costly budget that drives up the price of groceries and housing. What they need, in fact, is an affordable budget for an affordable life. The Prime Minister , though, has driven up the cost of the bureaucracy, the consultants and therefore inflation, so Canadians are paying more for everything. We have put forward common-sense proposals to make life more affordable, such as eliminating all the hidden taxes on food. Will the Prime Minister put partisanship aside and work with us on an affordable budget for an affordable life?”
“Mr. Speaker, it is clear that the Liberal House leader wants to trigger a costly election on a costly budget. However, Canadians should not have to choose between a costly budget and a costly election. They should be able to choose an affordable budget for an affordable life, and that is what we are proposing. Here is one of our proposals: Get rid of the industrial tax on our farmers so that Canadians can buy affordable food. Will the Prime Minister consider this proposal? It would be good for affordability.”
“Mr. Speaker, after 10 costly Liberal deficit budgets that caused the debt to balloon and pushed up the cost of food and housing, Canadians deserve an affordable budget for an affordable life. The Prime Minister promised that Canadians would be able to judge him by the prices they pay at the grocery store. Prices have ballooned and the number of people using food banks has doubled. Will the government work with us, with our proposals, for an affordable budget and an affordable life?”
“Mr. Speaker, there are 100,000 more Canadian workers out of a job since the Prime Minister promised to protect their jobs. He says they are going to get the best economy in the G7, but it is the fastest shrinking economy in the G7. I met with auto workers in Windsor over the weekend who are terrified the Prime Minister 's failures are going to cost them their jobs. He looked those workers in the eyes and said he would have a good deal by July 21. He broke his promise. Now, he is blaming an ad. He has a duty to say whether or not he saw the ad he says blew up the so-called deal he had. Will he do the honest thing and answer the question? Did he see the ad, or is it actually his incompetence—”
“Mr. Speaker, it is the Prime Minister who said that the ad prevented him from keeping his promise and getting a deal. He claims he was on the verge of getting that deal, so surely, if he saw an ad that would interrupt the deal, he would have said no and hit the brakes. The question is, yes or no, did the Prime Minister or anyone on his staff see the ad before it went out?”
“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister promised that he would have a good deal by July 21. That date has come and gone. His latest excuse is an ad from the Government of Ontario. He claims that is why he could not keep his promise to get a deal. Yes or no, did the Prime Minister see the ad before it went out?”
“Mr. Speaker, the signature promise on which the Prime Minister was elected was to negotiate a win with the Americans, to get a deal by July 21. Here we are in late October with still no deal, still no win, still no elbows and still no jobs, and the American tariffs have doubled since the Prime Minister promised he would get rid of them. Yesterday, his latest excuse was that an Ontario government ad prevented him from keeping his promise. Yes or no, did the Prime Minister or his staff see the ad before it went out?”
“Mr. Speaker, the signature promise on which the Prime Minister was elected was to “negotiate a win” with the Americans, and he promised to get a deal by July 21. Today, there is still no deal, still no win. U.S. tariffs have doubled since the Prime Minister promised to eliminate them. He is blaming an Ontario government ad for the fact that he cannot get a deal. Did the Prime Minister or anyone on his team see the ad before it went out, yes or no?”
“Mr. Speaker, if any of those promises were actually coming true, we would not have had a 100% increase in the number of people lined up at food banks, a number that has increased again this year after the Prime Minister took office after promising that he would be judged by the prices at the grocery store. A record 700,000 kids are lined up at food banks while the Liberals make phony promises that they never keep on that side of the aisle. Every dollar the government spends comes out of the pockets of Canadians who cannot pay any more. The more Liberals spend, the more things cost. Will they finally bring forward an affordable budget for affordable food, so Canadians can have an affordable life?”
“Mr. Speaker, if they want their budget passed, they have to make it an affordable budget so that there is affordable food and an affordable quality of life for the Canadian people, including people like Jaclyn Stone. As I said, she works at a grocery store and cannot afford groceries. We already know about carpenters who build homes but cannot afford a home after 10 years of the Liberals. This is the story that she tells. She says: You find yourself going through the grocery store, grabbing what you need and when you are ready to check out, you pretty much have to do an audit of your cart to see if you can afford everything. Sometimes you have to put things back. It’s embarrassing and disheartening. People like her have been working too hard for too long. Will they get an affordable budget?”
“Mr. Speaker, if any of that were true, there would not be a 100% increase in the number of people relying on food banks. The numbers speak for themselves. This is after a decade of Liberal inflationary taxes and deficits that have driven 2.2 million people to food banks. One of them is Jaclyn Stone. She works two jobs. She works at a grocery store. She cannot afford to shop at the grocery store where she works. In her name and in the name of the 2.2 million people lined up at food banks, will we finally get an affordable budget for affordable food and affordable living?”
“Mr. Speaker, after nine Liberal tax-and-spend inflationary and costly deficits, Canadians are hungry for an affordable budget and hungry according to a report by Food Banks Canada called the “HungerCount”, which shows that there has been a 100% increase in the number of people relying on food banks since the Liberals brought in numerous taxes on food. Will the Prime Minister finally, for the first time, introduce an affordable budget for affordable food and affordable living?”
“Mr. Speaker, we will not support a budget that drives up the price of groceries like the last nine Liberal inflationary budgets have done. According to Food Banks Canada, there has been a 100% increase in the number of people using food banks. One of those people is Jaclyn Stone, a Manitoba mom who works two jobs but cannot afford food. She works at a grocery store, but she cannot buy groceries. How cruelly ironic. Will the government finally introduce an affordable budget?”
“Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of inflationary deficit budgets driving up grocery prices, Canadians are literally hungry. According to Food Banks Canada's 2025 HungerCount report, the Liberals have doubled food bank lineups. Now, people with two jobs cannot even afford to buy food. Will the government table, for the first time, an affordable budget for affordable food and affordable living?”
“We know that he will be coming back with an end to the tariffs, but to make sure that is the case, let us have an emergency debate of which the Prime Minister and President Xi can take note before their meeting and before their announcement of the cessation of tariffs. This is timely. It cannot wait. If it is delayed, this House will miss the window in which to have the conversation prior to the two heads of government meeting. We ask that the Speaker honour our farmers and allow for this House to take urgent action to defend their interests.”
“Western producers need to see that their sector is given fair attention and floor time in the House of Commons. They do not begrudge steelworkers, aluminum workers, auto workers and others for having a lot of debate in the House of Commons, but they expect that they too will have their voices heard. Given the enormity of this sector and the unfairness of the tariffs the Chinese government has imposed, we are asking for you, Mr. Speaker, to do the right thing and allow for an emergency debate. I note that this is particularly timely because the Prime Minister is meeting with President Xi later this week. There is a great expectation that all tariffs on canola and on our fish harvesters will be eliminated. After all, the Prime Minister promised that he would be a master negotiator and that he knew how to handle these conversations.”
“tariffs since he was elected on the promise that he would get a deal by July 21. Going back to the issue of farming, this $5-billion-a-year industry is critical to our overall economy and to the prairie economy in particular. We know that this sector is under immense pressure, as Beijing has hammered our producers, therefore artificially lowering the price they can get for their sales. We have had much debate, and rightly so, about the tariffs the Prime Minister has allowed to be imposed on our metal-making sectors, our automakers and others, but not enough debate on canola producers. There are family farmers watching right now and relying on you, Mr. Speaker, to do the right thing and allow for an emergency debate. This is also an important matter of national unity.”
“Mr. Speaker, Canadian farmers are the backbone of our economy, in particular our canola producers. I would add that producers in the great riding of Battle River—Crowfoot are particularly renowned. Unfortunately, this $5-billion industry is under attack by unfair Chinese tariffs imposed by the regime in Beijing. This goes along with tariffs on seafood harvesters and other Canadian agriculture and agri-food producers. The Prime Minister promised that he would be a master negotiator, that he would open new markets and that he would negotiate wins. Of course, that was a bait and switch. His broken promises and failed diplomacy are costing our farmers a fortune, in addition to which we see that his failures with regard to the United States have resulted in a doubling of U.S.”
“Mr. Speaker, is their focus affordability? Here are the facts from the HungerCount report: 78% of food banks had to buy more food than normal because they were running out and not collecting enough donations. One quarter of food banks ran out of food while there were still people lined up waiting for something to eat. We now have nearly a third of Canadians going hungry at least once a week. This sounds like something out of the Great Depression, and the Prime Minister has the audacity to say Canadians should sacrifice even more. How many meals will his costly budget force Canadians to sacrifice?”
“Mr. Speaker, the Liberal programs feed bureaucracy, lobbyists, consultants and insiders, but they do not feed kids. Children cannot eat Liberal press releases or Liberal photo ops. Mothers cannot fill shopping carts with Liberal boasting. Canadians need food. Right now, after 10 years of Liberal government, there are 2.2 million Canadians lined up at food banks, 700,000 of them kids. A third are in families that work but whose paycheques are vaporized by Liberal taxes and inflation. How many meals will Canadians have to sacrifice for the next costly Liberal budget?”
“Mr. Speaker, their programs do not feed kids. They feed bureaucracy, consultants, lobbyists and Liberal insiders. If members want to question that, 700,000 kids are lined up at food banks every single month. Let me quote from the report: “It took decades to reach one million visits in a month, and it has now taken half a decade to more than double that.... These are not outliers. This is Canada’s new normal.” The more the government spends, the more things cost. How many meals will Canadian kids have to sacrifice for yet another costly Liberal budget?”
“Mr. Speaker, Food Banks Canada released its report today, “HungerCount 2025”, showing that the number of Canadians relying on a food bank has more than doubled since the Liberal government took office. It shows that 39% of the population experienced food insecurity, 82% did not have enough to eat, 34% went an entire day without eating, 53% missed a meal to afford something else and 28% went hungry at least once a week. Now the Prime Minister says that Canadians will have to make even more sacrifices. How many meals will Canadians have to sacrifice for yet another costly Liberal budget?”
“Mr. Speaker, I am going to paraphrase what Food Banks Canada said in its Hunger Count report. It took decades to reach one million visits to food banks in a month, but just half a decade to more than double that. Let us talk about the Liberals' programs. They have been in power for 10 years and there are now 700,000 children who need food banks. The Liberals' programs feed bureaucracy, not children. Will they force Canadians to sacrifice even more meals with their—”
“Mr. Speaker, Food Banks Canada released its HungerCount 2025 report today, which shows a 100% increase in the number of people who have to rely on food banks in Canada since the Liberals came to power. Last year, 39% of the population experienced food insecurity; 53% skipped a meal; 34% went an entire day without eating and 82% of households did not have enough to eat because of the Liberals' inflationary policies. How many meals will Canadians have to sacrifice because of this Prime Minister 's costly budget?”
“Mr. Speaker, it is too bad that the minister did not write the Prime Minister 's speech yesterday, because it would not have bored and depressed to tears all the poor students stuck in the room where the Prime Minister spoke about how they would have to sacrifice more and about how it would take time to reverse all the misery that has built up over the last 10 years. Young people want to have homes, they want to have jobs and they want to have hope. They want a budget that is affordable so they can have a life that is affordable. Will the Prime Minister introduce that budget so Canadians can restore the promise of their country?”
“Mr. Speaker, apparently nobody on the other side listened to the depressing, miserable, hopeless speech the Prime Minister gave to Canadian youth yesterday. He said that Canadian youth need to sacrifice more, when in fact quite the opposite is true. The youth of this country have sacrificed enough. They cannot afford homes, they cannot get jobs and now they have a generational lifetime of debt to shoulder. What Canadian youth need are homes, jobs and hope. Yesterday, I provided the Prime Minister with a plan to do it. Will he put that hopeful plan in his budget?”
“Mr. Speaker, three apprentices do not account for the countless job losses and the highest jobless rate in 30 years, outside of COVID, caused by this government, nor does it account for the doubling of housing costs and that 80% of young people believe they will never be able to afford a home. The Prime Minister tells our youth that they have to sacrifice even more. All he offers is more costs, more debt and more despair. What Canadians actually need is more homes, more jobs and more hope. Why will the Prime Minister not introduce an affordable budget for an affordable life?”
“Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Prime Minister made a very depressing speech to Canada's youth. He said they would have to make more sacrifices. This is more sacrifices after 10 Liberal years that doubled the cost of housing and drove out the possibility that youth could own their own homes, after the sacrifice of their jobs with the worst employment numbers since the 1990s and after the sacrifice of a lifelong shouldering of high debt. Young people need hope, jobs and homes. Why will the Prime Minister not reverse his disastrous decade of policies so that we can restore that hope?”
“Mr. Speaker, apparently the minister did not hear the speech in which the Prime Minister said that young people are going to have to make even more sacrifices after 10 Liberal years that have already forced them to make at least three major sacrifices. The Liberals have made housing unaffordable. They have killed jobs and they have the worst employment numbers in 30 years. They have created intergenerational debt. Why are they not tabling an affordable budget now so our young people can have an affordable life?”