Mr. Speaker, the reality is that we have the highest food inflation in the G7. We have heard Liberal members make all kinds of excuses today. They claim it has to do with some storms in other countries or tariffs that do not apply to Canadian food. If that were true, then all of the other countries would be experiencing the same level of food inflation. They are not. They all live on the same planet, they all have the same tariffs, and yet food inflation is lower in the U.K., France, Italy, Germany, the U.S. and Japan. They all have much lower food inflation than we have here in Canada, which means something is happening in Canada that is uniquely driving up the cost of food.
We have identified the problem. The Prime Minister is taxing the entire food chain. He taxes the the fertilizer that goes in the ground, the farm equipment and the food processors. He then makes it harder to store and secure our food.
We must remove the cost of government so that Canadians can afford the cost of food.