Mr. Speaker, the International Monetary Fund says that Canada can and should do more to kickstart the economy. The government has failed to do so. The money is not making it to the infrastructure projects, so it is not creating work this summer in our communities the way it should.
The IMF says that Canada's economic recovery is shrouded in risk, partly because of the record $1.3 billion of consumer and household debt that people have. They are getting dinged and gouged with interest rates.
When is the government going to understand that we need a second stimulus package? Bring it to the House--