Madam Speaker, two years and another political scandal later, the Prime Minister finally tabled a budget. For Canadians across the country and British Columbians in my region, this budget was a massive letdown. Workers in our forestry, tourism, seasonal industries; workers who have lost their jobs or had their wages slashed, were abandoned and left behind once again by the Liberal government.
For Canadians struggling with mental health issues or opioid addiction, this budget misses the mark. Job losses and endless lockdowns because of a failure to vaccinate Canadians continue to worsen our mental health crisis. We are battling a third wave of this pandemic because of the Prime Minister's failures. The reality is this: fewer than 3% of our population have been vaccinated. The Prime Minister had to take from third world countries to secure what few vaccines we have today.
Sadly, Canadians are stuck hearing Liberal backbenchers take Twitter victory laps about how they have exceeded their targets. Canadians are angry and they are frustrated. Let us face it, all the Prime Minister is hoping for is a self-engineered pandemic election. Members want proof? Just look at the Liberal election platform, I mean budget.