QUESTION PERIOD — Finance
Cost of Living
November 26, 2025
Government leader, last week’s Fall 2025 Canadian Food Sentiment Index shows a stark reality: Canadians are struggling to put food on the table. A significant number of Canadians are now skipping meals or borrowing money and dipping into savings just to eat.
Meanwhile, grocery prices continue to climb, and your government offers little to no relief other than empty rhetoric. Can you claim to support Canadian families when, month after month, report after report, Canadian families are increasingly worse off?
Thank you, Senator Martin. It’s because the government is well aware of this situation that it has committed to improving our economy. Doing so — by increasing investment and creating jobs — automatically brings earnings to families and food to the table. The Government of Canada is committed to making Canada better for all Canadians.
The housing program will help homeless people. By creating wealth, creating growth and encouraging our economy to grow, the government is helping all Canadian families.
Senator Moreau, we have a new Liberal government and a new Prime Minister but the same results. Canadians are worse off, so perhaps I can lend you a hand: Instead of adding decades of inflationary deficit spending, why not get rid of the Liberal industrial carbon tax, the Liberal food packaging tax and the Liberal fuel standard and finally deliver much-needed cost savings for Canadians?
I answered your colleague Senator Housakos yesterday by telling him that there was a general election last April and Canadians passed judgment on what has happened over the past 10 years. I think that’s still a good answer today.
Let me cite some numbers: Inflation is down to 2.2%. Unemployment is down again. Job numbers are up. This is good for Canadians. This is good for Canadian families. This is good for everyone in Canada.
