Ottawa, ON – This week, Conservatives continued to fight for Canadians and to restore Canada’s promise by making our country affordable at home, safe at home and strong at home. Meanwhile, Carney’s Liberals continued to prove they’re more of the same.
Conservatives kicked off the week by putting forward real solutions to the issues affecting Canadians. But on Monday, Liberals voted to betray homeowners again by opposing a Conservative motion that would put property rights first and ensure owners are defended after the Cowichan decision.
As Canadians face even higher prices at the pump, Conservatives also fought for lower prices by introducing a motion calling on the government to scrap federal fuel taxes. Sadly, the Liberals once again rejected real relief for Canadians and voted to keep gas nearly 16 cents more expensive per litre than in the US.
When it comes to costs to Canadians, Conservatives also brought forward a motion to reverse the Liberals’ latest Netflix tax hike that would triple the streaming tax from 5 per cent to 15 per cent. Their latest tax hike would not only hurt Canadians through higher prices to stream their favourite shows, but also from lost jobs in our steel, aluminum, forestry and auto sectors.
Another cost of Carney revealed this week is the price tag of catering his international trips with little results to show. Three trips to Europe cost taxpayers $195,400 in in-flight catering alone, and on one trip to Rome last May, Carney spent more than double his predecessor did in 2024. That’s as Canadians are paying 3.8 per cent more at the grocery store compared to last April, and insolvencies “increased to levels not seen since 2009.”
On the Agriculture file, John Barlow and Jacques Gourde called for the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food to stop the Liberals’ plan to shutter seven agricultural research centres and experimental farms. The decision would cause long-term, irreversible damage to Canada’s agricultural research capacity, food security and food production.
The Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner, Conservative Shadow Minister for Immigration, continued trying to get accountability from failed Minister Lena Diab at the Committee of the Whole. On Monday, Rempel Garner continued to highlight the immigration issues facing Canadians and ended the week by pointing Diab’s record of failure after the Minister refused to stop two-tier justice and continued to oppose One Law for All.
Rempel Garner, along with Conservative Shadow Minister for Health Dan Mazier, also called out the Liberals’ continued mismanagement of the asylum system that has turned the Interim Federal Health Program into a multi-year taxpayer-funded entitlement for tens of thousands of bogus asylum claimants.
Scott Aitchison, Conservative Shadow Minister for Housing, pushed back on the latest Liberal photo-op, pointing out that housing construction is expected to fall 18.1 per cent and Carney’s latest housing bureaucracy will only build 5,200 of the 500,000 homes he promised Canadians.
Conservative Shadow Minister of Employment Garnett Genuis also showcased how Conservatives are working for Canadian youth left behind by Carney with the adoption of many parts of the Conservative Youth Jobs Plan by the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.