Mr. Speaker, the Liberal Prime Minister touts himself as the master negotiator, yet he flip-flops on his position on U.S. trade like a magician distracting with illusions while nothing actually happens. Last year, the Prime Minister said “elbows up” to Washington. Months later, he put his elbows down and said, “Who cares?” about the talks. Fast-forward to this year, and the Liberal Prime Minister said that U.S. integration is subordination. A quick few months later he changed course and said that we are stronger together with the U.S.
Here is the reality: Steel tariffs have doubled, lumber tariffs have tripled and manufacturing tariffs are hitting our workers here at home, yet after all the Liberal rhetoric and illusions, there is still no trade deal after more than a year. There is still no timeline and no plan.
At what point will the Liberals stop blaming tariffs for Canada's economic decline and start admitting that it is their failure to get a deal done and to reduce even a single tariff that is sending Canadians to food banks by the millions?