Mr. Speaker, as a newcomer to politics, I am finding the Ottawa approach to problem-solving quite perplexing. I am proud of this government's focus on delivering for hard-working families through tax cuts for 22 million Canadians, making sure every kid gets a healthy meal at school, investing billions in infrastructure projects and creating good jobs in our local communities, but these plans for tax breaks and infrastructure investments are being met with obstruction.
Can the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance tell us why our practical solutions are being reflexively blocked when hard-working families expect us to work—