Madam Chair, the Conservatives and Canadians supported pandemic relief efforts and programs, because they were sold to us as supports for Canadian families and Canadian businesses that were deeply hurt or at the risk of closing due to government shutdowns. They were not designed, at least from our perspective and what we were told, for profitable billionaire companies.
At the same time, the federal deficit is the largest in Canadian history, over $354 billion, and now we are slowly beginning to learn and uncover the mountain of financial mismanagement by the Liberal government. Canadians really will be the ones on the hook to pay for it, whether through high taxes or reduced public services or both. Try as they may to explain away the Liberal government's disrespect or disregard, I am not quite sure what it is, for Canadian taxpayers and fiscal responsibility generally, Canadians are growing tired of the Liberal government's mismanagement and uncertainty.
The Conservatives successfully led us through the last economic recession and we can do it again. It is time for a responsible Conservative government that will secure Canada's future—