Not just big city problems

Hon. Pierre Poilievre
Battle River—Crowfoot MP

After over a decade of inflationary Liberal credit card budgets, growth-killing regulations and government waste, Canadians are paying the price. As we face the only recession in the G20, the cost of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s failures are becoming too much for many Canadian families to bear.

Across the country, the impacts of the Carney economy are real. Grocery prices have risen 40 per cent since the Liberals took office and 3.8 per cent in April year-over-year. People with full time jobs are now being forced to make critical decisions about what they can afford to put on their dinner table.

For many Alberta seniors, their fixed incomes are no longer cutting it. In a survey from right here in Alberta, 64 per cent of older individuals  using the foodbank are first time visitors, in a region where seniors used to experience some of the lowest levels of food insecurity.

Now 38 per cent of Canadians are facing food insecurity, 2.2 million visited a foodbank in just one month last year. No wonder a study by Food Banks Canada revealed that 23 per cent of these facilities ran out of food before demand was met.

60 per cent of Canadians with anxiety over their finances and 22 per cent who have experienced poverty. Behind these statistics are Canadians who are going to work and school on an empty stomach.

Instead of real changes that will make life affordable again, this government continues to offer Canadians the same food affordability measures they have recycled over and over again since taking office.

Right here in Battle River–Crowfoot, our communities are facing challenges that used to stay in big cities. Camrose and District Family and Community Support Services found that the combination of rent, groceries, childcare and low wages are becoming unsustainable for many. And this is not an isolated circumstance, in communities across this region, this is the case.

For six consecutive quarters now, household debt has grown faster than incomes, while in British Columbia CTV reported that an 87 year old man was staying in Tim Hortons after his pension failed to cover rent.

That’s why, as your Member of Parliament and Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, I fight every day to end wasteful Liberal spending, cut bureaucracy and restore accountability.

I’m fighting to lower taxes so you can keep more of what you earn and make life more affordable.

From small towns to big cities, I’m fighting to unleash the economy, get big projects built and unblock our resources so Canadians can find good jobs and bring home powerful paycheques.

And I won’t stop fighting until we restore a Canada that is safe, secure, affordable, and united.