Mr. Speaker, the member has some challenges in recognizing what real responsibility is all about, quite frankly. Let us give a few examples.
What I find very lacking in the member's comments are facts. If one listened to the Conservatives, one would think the Prime Minister of Canada is responsible for inflation around the world. One would think so. Back in the days when the Conservatives were posing these questions, Canada's inflation was less than that of the United States. It was less than that of most European countries. In the G20, we might even have been, if not the lowest, very close to the lowest.
The Conservatives completely dunk their head in the sand and say that here in Canada, even thought it is the lowest, it is the Prime Minister's fault that we have inflation. They should wake up, look at the environment around us and realize the facts of reality.
This does not mean that as a government we should not do anything because of our inflation rate and the impact it is having on Canadians. As a government, we did take actions. We recognized the reality of the hurt that Canadians were having. That is why we brought in grocery rebates that affected somewhere around 11 million Canadians to help deal with inflation. The member makes reference to the issue of housing and the speech I had just given. What the member does not tell us is that, if we compare our years in government to the years of Stephen Harper, we will find that the Conservatives failed in every way.
We now have a government that does provide, but that does not mean that we do not recognize the hardships that are out there and the reality of what is taking place. That is why we brought in legislation to ensure that there are going to be more homes built. That is why in 2022 we brought in budget enhancement for housing co-ops, and that is not to mention the hundreds of millions of dollars that are allocated to low-income non-profit housing or the rapid housing initiatives.
The Conservatives are very selective with the facts, and they try to twist, turn and bend to be negative and say that the negativity is happening because of the Prime Minister. The last example the member gave was in regard to the Trudeau Foundation.
I have answered questions based on that issue in my capacity as parliamentary secretary. It has been all completely cleared up. The Prime Minister has had nothing to do with the foundation for many years. The Conservatives try to paint this as this hook going here to that thing and this point here going to that point there, and then saying it is corruption. That is garbage, just like the personal character assassination the member just put across the floor when he talked about inflation in groceries and housing is garbage. The reality is that the Conservatives just do not know what direction they are going.