Mr. Speaker, today, we unveil the portrait of the great Right Hon. Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
He reminds us of better days. As prime minister, he led Canada's economy through the great global recession with the smallest deficit, the shortest recession, the fastest recovery and the best balance sheet. He would then go on to successfully lead us through two wars: one in Afghanistan against the Taliban and then against ISIS. He then passed laws that kept our streets safe and expanded opportunity for Canadians. The cost of a home was an almost laughable $450,000, and rent was only $900.
We look back on Mr. Harper's many successes, not just in nostalgia but with hope, because it has been done before and it can be done again.