Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has basically just admitted he is failing with regard to affordability. It is so bad that he just had to announce another temporary boost to the GST credit. If prices were actually under control, Canadians would not need another recycled Trudeau-era rebate to put food on the table.
Canada now has the highest food inflation in the G7. Food bank use is at record levels, with millions of Canadians relying on emergency food just to feed their families. A tax rebate helps momentarily but does nothing to address what is actually driving food costs: carbon taxes on fuel and fertilizer, the clean fuel standard and industrial carbon taxes built into every step of the supply chain.
The Prime Minister once told Canadians to judge his government by the prices at the grocery store, but by that measure his policies have failed miserably, and no tax gimmick can hide—