Mr. Speaker, my constituents would be appalled but not surprised by what they see regularly out of Ottawa, particularly under the NDP-Liberal coalition government. My riding and my constituents are industrious and innovative. They are hard workers, and they get things built. They get things done, and they want less government in their way, not more government, councils and bodies figuring out ways they can stifle our economic growth. We need less Ottawa and more Portage—Lisgar.
In the House of Commons on December 4th, 2023. See this statement in context.