Mr. Speaker, that would almost be funny if the Liberals were not blaming the avian flu for driving up grocery store prices, which is harming people. This is the kind of answer that I expected today.
We will never hear the Liberals or the Conservatives willing to take on corporate greed. They will place blame everywhere else. Meanwhile, companies such as Loblaws have had record profits, a couple of a billion dollars. This is not because of the avian flu.
For big oil and gas, Canadian Natural has had $6 billion in profits, Enbridge has had $5 billion in profits, Suncor has had $5 billion in profits, Imperial Oil has had $4 billion in profits and AltaGas has had $3.5 billion. We are seeing record profits for the five big oil companies.
Meanwhile, they are using a taxpayer-funded pipeline, the TMX, which costs taxpayers $34.5 billion, and we cannot find a buyer for the pipeline. Why are the big oil and gas companies not buying it? It is because of corporate welfare on the backs of the public. The government has its priorities out of order—