Madam Speaker, the member continues to use talking points from the Liberal Party: “We can't control inflation. It's something international. Other countries are doing it. We can't be responsible for what other countries do”. However, the government must be responsible for its own budgetary planning. I have been here for six years now, and I have heard many ministers of finance, one after the other, say that Canada's lagging productivity numbers are the fundamental problem for Canada's economy and the best way to fight inflation is for the economy to improve its productivity. I do not see anything in this budget that is going to do that.
Yes, the government is responsible for inflation in this country.