Michelle Ferreri

[The Economy, October 28th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, Canadians will not stand for that gaslighting.

In the last five years, food bank usage has doubled. It is the highest in history. People who used to volunteer at the food bank are now lining up to use it. Food banks are running out of food in Canada.

Please, for the love of God, let the Liberals call a carbon tax election. The Prime Minister does not seem to understand the human consequences of his policies: When we tax the farmer who grows the food and the trucker who ships the food, we end up taxing into poverty the Canadian who has to buy the food.

It is enough. Let us call a carbon tax election.

[The Economy, October 28th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, after nine years, the NDP-Liberals are not worth the cost.

Today, Food Banks Canada released its 2024 HungerCount, and the stats are heartbreaking and record-breaking. Over two million Canadians used a food bank in one month, and 700,000 of those users in one month in Canada were children. What is the Prime Minister's response? He will drive up the cost of food even more by quadrupling the carbon tax.

Canadians cannot afford him. His caucus does not want him. Why does he not let Canadians decide what they want and call a carbon tax election?

[Privilege, October 24th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, my colleague gave an excellent speech on what has become absurdity in the House, as the Liberals and the Prime Minister feel they do not owe taxpayers any explanation. Meanwhile, if they owed the CRA money, they would be dragged by handcuffs out of their homes and put in jail, but they are allowed to do whatever they feel.

The story the member told about how the Prime Minister rose and has changed his feelings on parliamentary procedures is very interesting. There is a quote, and I cannot remember who said it, but it is something like this: “Power and money do not change who you are; they reveal who you are.”

I am curious to hear my colleague's point of view on what she has witnessed in her familial experience in politics in regard to what the Prime Minister was and what he has become.

[Finance, October 21st, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the finance minister has missed the 2024 deficit target by 17%, making debt-servicing charges the fastest-growing budget item. It is Small Business Week. Can members imagine if the CFO of a business spent the majority of the budget on paying debt? They would be replaced or the company would go bankrupt.

I recently did a post on my Facebook page asking for stories about my community of Peterborough—Kawartha, and I received hundreds of comments about businesses donating time and money to affordable housing, organizations and volunteers helping with the homelessness and opioid crises. A comment from Alan Clark really jumped off the page; he said that the community has done more than the government to help the people. That is so true. The most compassionate thing a leader can do is make life more affordable.

It is time for a government and a leader who know that budgets do not balance themselves. It is time for a leader who empowers small businesses, cuts the taxes and allows them to flourish and give to our community. Together, Conservatives will build a Canada that works for the people who do the work.

[Privilege, October 10th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his incredible work in uncovering a lot of the corruption and scandal we have seen. It is covered in a veil of the Liberals pretending to be environmentalists and pretending to care about the climate.

We have asked for these unredacted documents to uncover where $400 million of taxpayer money went. What does my colleague think the Liberals are hiding?

[Privilege, October 10th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, the only way forward is to have sensible economic policies that have checks and balances in place. This green slush fund is a perfect example of money that is taken and thrown to the wind, but not only to the wind but to people who have no right to it. It is a violation of ethics. That is the first—

[Privilege, October 10th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague has been a true warrior in the fight of exposing this massive corruption. He is incredible. The member for Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa is an amazing member of Parliament. He exposed so much of this corruption day in, day out, and that is really what this is about.

I would strongly encourage members opposite to go knock on doors, because people are genuinely exhausted. They are genuinely frustrated and hurting. They have lost hope and trust, and they want to restore hope and affordability.

I want to end by saying what I was trying to say earlier. I used to worry how we would fix all of this and how we would find money to invest in this. The biggest thing that hurts when funds are misappropriated, and especially in corruption, is social programming. We have never seen people struggle more than they do right now. People who used to volunteer at food banks are now accessing them.

Today is World Mental Health Day, and I just want to take a moment to recognize everybody struggling. Hope is coming, and hope is the glue that allows us to go on when we think we cannot. Restoring affordability for Canadians is the best, most powerful thing we can do as a government to ensure that people can afford their homes and their groceries.

[Privilege, October 10th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, “do the honourable thing”: That is pretty funny coming from that side of the House. Listen, we are not telling the RCMP to do a thing. We are telling the Liberals to hand over these unredacted documents. I will remind the member opposite that the Charter of Rights is not in place to protect the government from the people, it is in place to protect the people from the government.

[Privilege, October 10th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, I actually do not care whom people donate to. What I care about is that taxpayer money is not being used for corruption.

That is the job of this place, to ensure that is happening. That is why we were elected. If we want to restore transparency and accountability, then we have to shine a light on what is happening. If we do not, then we cannot fix it.

Absolutely, let us figure this out; let us get the documents and get Parliament working again.

[Privilege, October 10th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, I love that question because I absolutely do not think that.

This is public information. The government is a public organization. These are public documents. This is public taxpayer money. There is zero reason that the unredacted documents should not be handed over to the Canadian people in Parliament.

It makes no sense to even have that argument. I said that at the beginning of my speech.