moved:
That, given that the finance minister promised in October 2023 that food prices would stabilize "soon" and that the Prime Minister stated in May 2025 that he would be judged by the prices at the grocery store, and that,
(i) Canadians face the highest food inflation in the G7,
(ii) food inflation is twice as high as it was when the Prime Minister took office,
(iii) food inflation in Canada is twice as high as it is in the United States,
(iv) Canadians made 2.2 million visits a month to food banks,
(v) food bank use has more than doubled since the Liberals took power,
the House call on the government to immediately introduce a Food Affordability Plan that:
(a) removes the Liberals' hidden taxes on food, including,
(i) the industrial carbon tax on farm equipment, fertilizer, and food processors, that drives up the costs of producing food and are passed onto consumers,
(ii) the fuel standards tax, which is seven cents a litre and rising to 17 cents a litre on farmers, truckers, and those who bring us our food,
(iii) the food packaging tax that will cost Canadians $1.3 billion; and
(b) boosts competition in our overly-concentrated grocery sector.
Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my excellent colleague from Oshawa.
I will quote the Leader of the Opposition who said, “This Liberal government doesn't just leave people behind. It prices and shuts out youth from homes, workers from jobs, and families from groceries.”
That is the theme of today's opposition motion. I will continue quoting Mr. Poilievre, who talks about the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said that a country that cannot—