Madam Speaker, it has never been more critical that we get a Conservative government that cares about economics and tax relief for Canadians. For years, our party's leader has repeatedly talked about the disparity between doing business in the United States and doing business now, the regulatory and tax burden Canadian businesses have to deal with, the carbon tax being one of the number one contributors to businesses and investment fleeing to the United States because it does not have that kind of tax on energy. They can hire more workers and do more innovation. It is cheaper for businesses to operate in the United States and quicker for them to get up off the ground.
Over the last nine years, hundreds of billions of dollars of investments have fled from Canada to the United States. If we think that is going to get better with the incoming U.S. administration, we have another thing coming. We need a government that prioritizes regulation cuts, prioritizes tax cuts and genuinely, as a primary focus, wants to grow the economy, and not on the backs of future Canadians with all these deficits but with actual economic innovation and growth from the Canadian people.