Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by congratulating Tamara Jansen on her by-election victory last night. The people of Cloverdale—Langley City have sent a powerful message to the Prime Minister and his partner, the leader of the NDP. The only question we must ask is whether they are listening.
After nine years of the NDP-Liberal Prime Minister, housing prices and rents have doubled; people struggle to afford food and heating. The Prime Minister has lost control of the border, immigration and, now, our finances. Following his former finance minister's departure, the Prime Minister hobbles along only with the support of his former babysitter for adult supervision.
Recently, in Halifax, the Prime Minister referred to “the moment when Canadians actually get to make a choice about the kind of country we are and the kind of solutions we are going to put forward in the coming years”. Last night, the people spoke clearly. They rejected a government that denies citizens their democratic right to choose who can best lead us through these times of turmoil.
Canadians need and deserve a carbon tax election. I am calling on the NDP leader to stop his shameful propping up of the Prime Minister, who is way past his best-before date. We need an election now.