Mr. Speaker, that is fair enough.
However, the article goes on to show, apart from the Prime Minister and various ministers talking about a team Canada approach, what they have actually accomplished. What measures have they stipulated to the House and to Canadians? What steps are they going to take to address the concerns raised by President-elect Trump about the dangers of our porous borders? Apart from making that announcement, he has done nothing. It is reflective of the Liberal government: Make an announcement, but do not follow through, time after time.
The article goes on to describe what Ontario is doing. It goes on to describe what Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Quebec Premier François Legault are doing. They are taking all immediate effective steps in the hope that they show the leadership that the Prime Minister is most assuredly lacking.
To the point about the Prime Minister's fake feminist credentials, this is not just any old minister of finance. We know that he has lost two ministers of finance since 2015. The former minister of finance, the member for University—Rosedale, was the deputy prime minister. She carried an extremely important portfolio and carried clout. She was his biggest cheerleader. She withstood numerous complaints and concerns. She was forever loyal to the fake feminist Prime Minister. What did she get in return? She was left dangling in the wind, literally, all of last week, when the rumours were circulating that she wanted to deliver the fall economic statement in a direction that was not approved by the Prime Minister. Political staffers started to leak stories to the press. It is understandable why opposition members would use that as an opportunity to clearly demonstrate how the Prime Minister has lost not only the confidence of Canadians but also the confidence of his own cabinet.
The former deputy prime minister listened. She was not supported at all by the Prime Minister. He said nothing to highlight her credentials or to telegraph his support for her. The writing was literally on the wall. In fact, I think only one other female minister came to her aid last week, and demonstrated her credentials and what she has done for this country. I will disagree until I am blue in the face about the failed direction she has taken this country, and it is not only Conservative members who agree with that statement, but also Canadians. Canadians, for years, have lost complete faith and trust in our federal institution. They have lost faith and trust in the Prime Minister. They had no faith and trust with the former deputy prime minister and minister of finance.
If we look at what is happening in this country, the Prime Minister has made a mess and has broken everything. He is weak on immigration. He is weak on our borders. He is weak on economic policy. He is weak with respect to criminal justice reforms. He tries to champion this manna from heaven, this GST holiday on goods, which might make a minute difference in some lives of some Canadians. On a grander scale, is that the best that the Liberal government can do?
On the weekend, I was really shocked that the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development introduced a series of infomercials on her social media, while millions of Canadians are struggling. They are not struggling to buy Christmas presents, but struggling to put meals on their tables, to feed their children, to keep roofs over their heads, to put clothing on their children's backs, to pay their taxes and utilities. A Liberal cabinet minister was smiling away, in various aisles in a department store, highlighting that there was no GST on car seats or on teddy bears, and then she pulled out a bottle of wine, saying there was no GST on that.
Tell that to the two million Canadians who are not going to be enjoying a glass of wine. They will be lucky if they get tap water, or maybe some orange juice. They are not going to be enjoying what the Liberal cabinet minister wants to demonstrate is going to make a meaningful difference in the lives of Canadians.
In a long about way, I can go back to the green slush fund. I can talk about the substantial millions of dollars of waste, which is projected to be at least $400 million, if not higher. When we take a look at all of the scandals the government has been involved in since 2015, I bet we could surmise that we are talking about over a billion dollars, and that the mismanagement and fraudulent disbursement of taxpayer funds has been the hallmark of the Prime Minister, the government and the failed Liberal Party of Canada.
These are real taxpayer dollars that could have made such a substantial difference in the lives of Canadians. On health care alone, we are paying more to service our debt than we transfer to provinces and territories for health care. We can take a look at where the $400 million in the green slush fund alone could have gone. The RCMP has opined that could have made a substantial difference for frontline officers. The CBSA agents at our porous borders are struggling to inspect all those containers coming in. As the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada stated last week, which was confirmed by the CBSA, 1% of those containers are inspected. That is where taxpayer dollars could be better spent. That is how a common-sense Conservative government would listen to and deliver for the people of this country once and for all.