Mr. Speaker, while Canadians are concerned about the economy, it is clear that the Liberal leader has a different set of priorities.
On Wednesday, when Parliament was debating employment insurance, the Liberal leader pronounced that the issue was the census, not EI.
Last Monday, when the Prime Minister and senior ministers met to work on the economic action plan, the Liberal leader and his spokesperson laid out other key Liberal priorities: making it easier to possess and use marijuana and extending illegal drug injection sites into local communities.
The census, marijuana and illegal drug injection; it seems that everything is a priority for the Liberal leader except the economy.
It is little wonder the Liberal leader avoids talking about the economy. His economic agenda includes hiking taxes on job creators, lowering the EI qualifying period to only 45 days, increasing the GST back to 7% and billions of dollars in reckless spending.