Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the costly NDP-Liberal coalition, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and time is up. Through the coalition, the NDP leader has sold out workers and residents in my community, which has resulted in taxes being higher, food costs ballooning, housing costs doubling and crime and chaos being unleashed in our once-safe streets.
Their joint plan to quadruple the carbon tax to 61ยข a litre would literally drive Canadians to food banks. However, sadly, the NDP leader has voted 24 times in support of this tax. What are the results? Just over one million people visited a food bank in Ontario in the past year, which is an increase of 25%. In my community, Project Share reports that one in eight residents has had to visit a food bank.
Canadians need a carbon tax election now to decide between the costly coalition of NDP-Liberals and common-sense Conservatives, who would axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime.