Mr. Speaker, this colleague of the Prime Minister is forgetting that the same Prime Minister told Canadians to judge his government by the price at the checkout counter; they do not like the verdict. Families are falling behind, with millions resorting to food banks, while Liberals are lining the pockets of consultants, bureaucrats and certain investment portfolios with their tax dollars.
Many of these families voted based on the hopeful rhetoric of the Prime Minister that he would do things differently. Now, after 10 years of waste, what do Canadians get? There is not a plan or a budget, just more delays, more excuses and more empty promises. The shelves are bare, the cupboards are empty and the government is missing in action when we need decisive servant leadership.
The truth is simple: Every day the government spends recklessly and selfishly, life gets harder for the people who work hard and are playing by the rules. Canadians deserve a government that will end the abuse and the waste, balance the books and end the attack on Canadian prosperity. Canadians deserve leadership that puts them and their country—