Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of the Liberal government, Canadians' grocery bills look less like a Christmas list and more like Clark Griswold's electricity bill.
The Prime Minister told Canadians that he should be judged by the costs at the grocery store. Well, eight months later we are feeling even more uncertainty and facing even higher grocery bills. Today's food price report shows that grocery prices are still climbing, and it is only getting worse. When the Liberals took office in 2015, the average weekly grocery bill for a family was $159. Today it has doubled, totalling over $17,500 each year. Now Canadians are being warned to brace for another $1,000 next year just to feed their family.
Instead of gifting Canadians a Griswold-style Christmas bonus full of empty promises and hollow announcements, the Prime Minister should give Canadians real relief this holiday season by removing unjustified hidden taxes on food and ensuring that moms and dads can feed their families this—