QUESTION PERIOD — Finance
Cost of Living
September 25, 2024
Senator Gold, after nine years of Justin Trudeau, amongst other things like increased crime and a lack of housing, we have a record number of Canadians utilizing food banks. Sadly, more and more of them are young people, as well as people with good jobs who cannot get out from under the extra debt your government is crushing them with.
I met with about 100 university students in Toronto a few nights ago. They are feeling discouraged and disengaged, Senator Gold. These are our best and brightest, and they feel that there is no hope, at least not under your government. What do you say to those students, Senator Gold?
I know that you get irritated when you think that we are using talking points and slogans, so I challenge you to try to answer this without using PMO and Liberal Party of Canada talking points. Talk directly to those young Canadian students, who are lining up one after another in food banks in record numbers, and explain why their cost of living is off the charts because of this government’s policies.
I have every confidence in young people and Canadians who, when they put their minds to it, understand the challenges that they face — as many do and as this government understands — and those who take the time to look at it seriously and understand the complex factors that have roiled the world’s economies, not only Canada’s. I also have confidence that students, with whom I have an ongoing affection and relationship, understand the difference between sober analysis and simplistic ideological rhetoric.
