Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1   is a bad idea. The proof is out there in the lived experience of real people across our country. Canadians deserve better. In my speech today, I will highlight a number of reasons the Liberals have failed to respond to the needs of everyday Canadians, including the good people

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, first of all, if the member thinks that parliamentarians have coverage that is too good, she could put forward a motion to cut it back. Instead, what she has done is propose to cut back drug plans for everyday Canadians, particularly unionized Canadians. Roughly

Pharmacare  Madam Speaker, the Liberals are out of touch with everyday Canadians and the Conservatives are worse. After voting “no” to free medication, the member for Lambton—Kent—Middlesex wants people to know that the real problem is not that they have to pay out-of-pocket for care

National Strategy to Reduce Food Waste and Combat Food Insecurity   is being wasted, we are seeing the cost of food continuing to rise at insurmountable rates while grocery CEOs earn record profits. Everyday Canadians, including families, seniors, people living with disabilities and workers, and I could go on, are all having to make impossible choices

Rex Murphy   and should do much more in the future, Rex stood on guard for all of us with great wit and wisdom throughout his many newspaper columns and on-air commentaries. Rex was brave, but without pretense. He despised the smug. He understood and championed everyday Canadians, especially those

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023   that debt will ever get paid. Only to the Liberals could this concept of leaving behind your bills for someone else to pay be considered some sort of generational fairness. Fortunately, everyday Canadians see the budget document for what it truly is, and they know that it is anything

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023   than the Liberals transfer to provinces for health care. It is shameful. With the communist budget of Canada, the government continues its tradition of throwing the money of hard-working, everyday Canadians at Liberal priorities while having no actual comprehensive plan

Business of Supply   of Conservatives, Liberals, New Democrats, Greens and people with no party affiliation. They are family members, pillars of society, people who have had challenges in their lives, people who are struggling and people who are not struggling. They are everyday Canadians who lost their lives

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1   participating in our economy for far too long. We are still trying to overcome some of those systemic problems, so it is good to see some movement. I was also pleased to see a bit more tax for those who are making a ton of money off of the labour of everyday Canadians. We know

Pharmacare Act   in the lives of everyday Canadians, including the ones who live in my riding of Vaughan—Woodbridge.

The Budget   that everyday Canadians should continue to be subjected to this tax, while the government pretends nothing is wrong. Every day in the House, government members get up and say that Canadians have never had it so good, while they keep up the immense spending agenda. Although the government

Committees of the House   how do we make sure both people have an opportunity? Child care comes up and housing comes up. Things that matter to everyday Canadians matter to military people. Their work is very unique and we have to honour that and find ways to support them, and government needs to be a key

Finance committee   everyday Canadians more and more behind. That's what Canadians are terrified of. That's what Mark Carney needs to come here to answer for. Will it be the exact same, this pathway to the reality that Canadians, who are going into food banks and living in their cars, are facing? I would

The Budget   grants will support 587,000 students, and increased interest-free loans will support 652,000 students, with a combined $7.3 billion for the upcoming academic year. We are also helping to lower costs for everyday Canadians. While I am proud of the social safety net support that our

The Budget   that it was the Harper government that balanced the budget after the economic crisis in 2015, eight years after they ran those deficits. I will say this: Canadians are the ones who pay for all the spending of the Prime Minister, including everyday Canadians, single mothers, workers and everybody