I think there's a proposal on the table, Mr. Chair, for a few amendments to what has been proposed by Mr. Chambers, so I don't know whether.... Oh, there are no amendments that are being proposed. Okay.
I am going to talk for a couple of minutes. I think it's always good to do a point-in-time check.
Mr. Chambers has put forward a very important motion. I think that all of us have been meeting with thousands of our constituents over the summer, and we have been blessed to be able to hear first-hand from them. I have also heard very much from the constituents in my riding of Davenport that they are struggling.
I'll say to Mr. Chambers that nobody on our side and no one in our government—it doesn't matter what political stripe—who's actually doing any type of victory lap. The pandemic and its aftermath, I think, have caused a major ripple within all global economies, and I think it's going to take some time for us to find our way out of it.
I can go on, but I want to let Canadians or anybody who's listening know that we, as a government, have not been sitting idle. We have introduced a number of measures to help support Canadians through this really tough time and to try to find the balance between making sure we are providing targeted support and not in any way spending so much as to fuel inflation. Whether it is the grocery rebate or the increase in the Canada child benefit, whether it is the Canada workers benefit, whether it's the dental benefit or various other things that we have put in place, we've put in a number of measures. We have not been idle. We will not be idle. We will continue listening to Canadians. We will continue to be open to all the best ideas from any political party, from any person, in terms of how to continue to address the affordability issue that continues to make so many Canadians suffer.
I'll also say to you that as I read international newspapers, as I'm sure we all do, I see that we're unfortunately in good company: Most of our peer countries around the world are tackling the same issues. As much as we have it bad—and I know we are struggling—our inflation numbers are among the lowest in the world. I think it's important for us to understand that there is a collective struggle around the world in dealing with affordability issues. I don't want anybody who's listening to think that we are not thinking about this every day, that we're not working on this every day and that we're not open to every single idea that someone might put on the table on how we continue to support Canadians through this really difficult process.
What I'd like to propose, Mr. Chair, is that we vote on the motion that is at hand. I think Mr. Chambers has done a good job of putting forward a motion, and I'm ready to vote on it.