Madam Speaker, it is great to see everyone this morning.
Statistics Canada revised the economic growth for Canada from 2021 to 2023, putting it higher by 1.3%. The per capita GDP story that is being told or spun from the other side of the House actually does not work anymore. Our per capita GDP recovered fully after the COVID pandemic, even with global inflation. From 2019 to 2023, that story is not true anymore. Statistics Canada demonstrated it. A couple of the economic shops demonstrated it.
We know when Canadians go to the grocery store and see the everyday prices, they are feeling global inflation. We are helping Canadians. We will always help them with affordability issues with a number of measures.
Would the hon. member not agree that the numbers reported by Statistics Canada is a good news story for the Canadian economy, for both economic growth, per capita GDP growth, and our future outlook with the IMF, giving us a 2.4% GDP growth for 2025, the highest in the G7?