Mr. Speaker, the Liberals announced on Thursday that they were eliminating the Canadian consumer protection initiative.
That is a fund that supported research into things like the cost of living and competition. It would have gotten $7 million between 2025 and 2027. That is peanuts to a government that is handing out tens of billions of dollars to oil companies. However, losing that funding reduces our organizations' ability to work.
When it comes to consumer protection, why is the minister standing up for big business instead of Canadians?