The Prime Minister...?
I would ask the minister, if she is in town, to come and do this. I will come back later to this issue of the Treasury Board document that I know everyone was on the edge of their seat to hear the continuation of today. I can understand why the minister may not want to be here, because she did promise us restraint. Her economic policies are driving up inflation. They are driving up groceries.
We understand that there are now 1.5 million Canadians needing to use food banks. That's a record. I know that people want to get a world record when they're in the Olympics, but I'm not sure this is a record that one would want to seek, to have record levels of food bank usage. I believe she owes it to the 20% of Canadian families who are skipping meals because of this high cost of food to come here and help us understand how pouring gas on the inflation fire will actually lower food costs so that they don't have to make those choices. I believe she owes it to the nine out of 10 young people who believe they will never own a house because of the housing crisis that we have.
I think it's time for the minister to stop hiding. I think it's time for the minister to come here and defend her failed budget. I think it's time for Canadians to perhaps go on social media, use the finding Freeland hashtag and take pictures so that we can find out exactly where she is.
I will stop there for now, Mr. Chair. If you could put me on the bottom of the speaking list, I would appreciate it.