Mr. Speaker, this week, the Prime Minister introduced his first spending bill for the coming fiscal year, called the main estimates.
He promised to spend less. Instead, he is spending more, a lot more. In fact, this bill proposes 8% more spending than in Justin Trudeau's final year in office. That means that overall government spending is set to grow nearly three times faster than inflation and population combined. Seniors, moms and small businesses all have to budget before they spend. Why can this Prime Minister not do the same?
This is record-breaking waste. Consultant spending has ballooned to $26 billion, that is a 36% increase in one year, or $1,400 in taxes per household just for consultants. Worst of all, hours after the Prime Minister stood up in the House and promised to cap spending growth at 2%, the Liberals introduced a bill that grows it by 8%.
Canadians deserve better than broken promises and blank cheques.