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Conservatives offering solutions to stop the Liberals’ inflationary waste hurting Canadians
Ottawa, ON – Jasraj Hallan, Conservative Shadow Minister for Finance and Middle Class Prosperity, and Pierre Paul-Hus, Quebec Political Lieutenant, released the following statement on today’s Conservative Opposition Day Motion: “After eight years of Trudeau, Canadians are out of money and worse off, but it has never been better for this out-of-touch Liberal government and their insider friends. “The Liberals have vaporized $15 billion on high-priced consultants, including at least $120 million to their friends at McKinsey, gave CERB payments to prisoners and deceased people, and gave millions in wage subsidies to wealthy corporations that were rich enough to pay out
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Liberal Red Tape Costs Billions And Drives Canadians Nuts
Ottawa, ON – Scot Davidson, Conservative Shadow Minister for Red Tape Reduction, released the following statement on the release of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business’ 2023 Red Tape Report Card: “The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) have given the Liberals the worst ever federal government grade for their inaction on reducing red tape. After 8 years of Trudeau, Canadians are overwhelmed by needless regulations, endless paperwork and confusing jargon. This is costing billions and putting significant burdens on Canadian small businesses. “Red tape is frustrating and costly — it makes our country less competitive, and our citizens less successful. Skilled immigrants are prevented from earning bigger paycheques, and
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Professor Sylvain Charlebois Testifies at AGRI Committee
December 5th – OTTAWA, ON Dr. Sylvain Charlebois (Director, Agri-Food Analytics and Professor, Dalhousie University, Agri-Food Analytics Lab): Thank you, Mr. Chair, committee members. I would like to thank the committee for inviting me again for this important discussion on food affordability. As food prices rise, many are quick to blame grocers for profiteering and taking advantage of consumers. The notion of profiteering has emerged as one of the most talked about issues in the last few months. In one of our recent reports, we used publicly available data to look at the gross profit for each of the three big
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Trudeau’s inflationary waste forces another oversized rate hike
OTTAWA, ON – The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the Official Opposition, released the following statement on the Bank of Canada’s rate hike: “Today, for the seventh time this year, the Bank of Canada hiked interest rates with another oversized 0.5% hike, bringing rates to 4.25%. First-time home buyers are now paying $500 more in monthly payments for the same mortgage as they were a year ago and it now takes 67% of income to service a traditional mortgage. This is all thanks to Justin Trudeau’s inflationary and wasteful spending. The cost-of-living crisis will push
