Mr. Speaker, Canadians are losing hope. We hear it at the doors every single day.
People are finding it harder and harder to get ahead. We see the statistics. There are 2.2 million people lining up at food banks. Can members believe that? In this great country, 2.2 million people are lining up at food banks and 700,000 of them are children. Young people cannot find jobs. They cannot afford housing.
When we meet with people in industry and ask how we can attract more investment into this country, we hear the same thing over and over again: The environmental conditions for business to flourish are not there. We are overly regulated and overly taxed, and we need to repeal these measures to make Canada a more competitive country again.