Madam Speaker, the Prime Minister once said Canadians would judge him by the costs at the grocery store. Well, the verdict is in. I hear regularly from people in Trout River, Corner Brook and Stephenville; they are all struggling to put food on the table. Across Canada, 25% of households are now food-insecure. In Newfoundland and Labrador, we face the highest rate of child food insecurity in the country.
Families are making impossible choices between heating their home, paying rent or putting food on their table. Meanwhile, grocery prices keep climbing. In just three months, beef is up 33%, canned soup is up 26%, grapes are up 24% and coffee is up 22%. Since the Liberals took office, food inflation has risen by 40%. This is yet another Liberal broken promise.
Canadians are hungry for change, and Conservatives will bring it.