Mr. Speaker, today I rise for the first time to represent my Cambridge community. This week, the Liberal Prime Minister introduced his first spending bill. It is worse than Justin Trudeau's. He inherited a bloated Liberal government and promised to spend less, but this first spending bill spends 88% more than Trudeau did in his last year. It is a half-a-trillion-dollar spending spree, with no budget. Single moms, seniors and small businesses must budget before they spend. Why can a supposedly brilliant banker, a man with a plan, not do the same? No, this is not about investments. Consultants alone get a record-breaking $26.1 billion, costing every household in Canada $1,400. He promised to cap spending at 2% in his throne speech. The same afternoon, he introduced a bill boosting overall spending by 8%.
Is this why the Prime Minister did not table a spring budget, to hide his broken promise to rein in his out-of-control spending?