I hear you. I think people at home are wondering the same thing. I've always said that, in politics, you have to be authentic, humble and empathetic. On the authenticity front, people have questions. The Conservatives voted in favour of the measure, but now, during committee testimony, they seem to be against it. People are a bit surprised by that.
However, as you said, this is a very important measure. That's why we introduced it. People have asked us to help them right now. As I said, they understand that the economy will grow between now and 2030, but they need help right now. That's why we stepped up.
Mr. Leitão, as an economist, you know that we've introduced a series of measures to help Canadians. The first thing we did was lower taxes for 22 million Canadians. This measure will help 12 million Canadians who need help. Many people have applauded this type of measure because it will provide compensation to low-income families.
Our Conservative colleague mentioned some data points. What I presented was the published data for a couple with two children and for a single person. This measure will definitely improve things for several million Canadian families, but I want to emphasize what matters here. Mr. Leitão, you'll understand, because you've been a government member, too. Structural measures are what matter most, but people don't seem to be talking about them, and I don't understand why people aren't asking me questions about them. Making the food supply chain more resilient is a good thing. Ensuring that measures are in place to help Canadian families and the industry at a time like this is important.
Folks at home know what's what. They know that the price of chicken, beef, pork and lettuce has gone up. That's why we need to put measures in place to help people during these harder times. I still think that, at the end of the day, people know what's what. They know that we need to implement temporary measures and that we're also going to be able to implement structural measures to build greater resilience in the country's food supply chain.