Mr. Speaker, Canadians are suffering under the NDP-Liberal coalition that has doubled housing costs, doubled the debt, doubled food bank use and doubled gun crime. Food prices in Canada have skyrocketed 36% faster than in the United States due to the Prime Minister's carbon tax on farmers and truckers. Despite promising to stand up to the Prime Minister, the NDP leader and his obedient caucus have sold out Canadians again, extending the costly coalition until his pension kicks in next February. Its temporary two-month tax trick will not help Canadians facing a permanent quadrupling of the carbon tax to 61¢ per litre.
My constituents are clear. They want a carbon tax election. They can choose between the costly NDP-Liberal coalition that taxes their food and doubles their housing costs or the common-sense Conservatives who will axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime. We will take the GST off new homes, saving Canadians up to $50,000 and building 30,000 more homes every year.
As prime minister, the leader of the Conservatives will fix what the costly coalition broke and bring home the promise of Canada.