Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the minister on his first budget speech. It was a very long speech, and given that this Liberal government is adding about $10 million to our national debt every hour, it must be the most expensive speech in the history of this Parliament.
I think we can say that while talk is cheap, it is very expensive when a Liberal finance minister speaks.
Every dollar the government spends comes out of the pockets of Canadians. The more the government spends, the more things cost. That is how the Liberals managed to double the cost of housing and double the lineups at food banks. That is why Conservatives want an affordable budget for a more affordable Canada.
The current government is the most expensive in Canadian history. Every dollar the Prime Minister spends comes out of the pockets of Canadians. The more the Liberals spend, the more things cost. That is why Conservatives were calling for an affordable budget for an affordable life, after the Liberals doubled the cost of housing and doubled the lineups at food banks.
Today, the Liberals have introduced the largest and most costly deficit in the history of our country, outside of the COVID‑19 crisis. It will drive up the cost of food, housing and many other things.
The cost of this Liberal budget will drive up the cost of food, housing and everything else that Canadians buy.
The Prime Minister has broken every single promise he made just seven short months ago. He promised a $62-billion deficit; he delivered a nearly $80-billion deficit, $16 billion bigger than he promised and twice the size of the one his predecessor left behind. He promised to lower the debt-to-GDP ratio; he raised it and inflation along with it. He promised to spend less; he is spending $90 billion more, costing $5,400 per family in Canada, and that $90 billion is above and beyond the promised $16 billion that he says he will one day find.