Weekly Wrap Up: Fighting to Restore Canada’s Promise
Ottawa, ON — This week, Parliament returned for the fall sitting, and Conservatives got right to work fighting to restore Canada’s promise—where those who work hard can build a happy life with an affordable home on safe streets, united under our proud flag.
After a decade of failed Liberal policies, Canadians continue to face the cost-of-living crisis firsthand, with a new Food Banks Canada report giving the Liberal government an ‘F’ for the food insecurity more than a quarter of Canadians are now experiencing.
Canadians earning less than $75,000 are now spending 57.3 per cent of their income just on the essentials like groceries, utilities and transportation. That’s as StatsCan reported food inflation is rising at 3.4 per cent year over year – nearly 70 per cent faster than the government’s inflation target.
Women are losing jobs at an alarming pace, as EI claims for women 25-54 jumped 12 per cent in July alone. Women over 55 experience a 13 percent year-over-year increase, with 23 per cent more women on EI compared to a year ago.
This comes as the independent Parliamentary Budget Officer revealed in committee on Tuesday the labour market “sucks” and he “doesn’t know if the government currently has fiscal anchors.” He further warned that if the Liberal government tries to play fiscal games with reporting deficits and levels of debt, Canadians would be forced to pay higher costs for the debt. The Liberals continued to dodge Conservatives’ repeated questions for clarity on their ever-more-delayed and ever growing budget deficit that Carney has already doubled, driving up the cost of everything.
To reverse the Liberal crime wave, Conservatives proposed real plans to restore safety to our streets:
- The Jail Not Bail Act to repeal and replace the Liberal “Principle of Restraint,” introducing a new “Major Offences” category with reverse onus bail conditions for serious offences, strengthening our bail laws and risk assessment standards.
- A motion calling on the government to adopt a “Three-Strikes-And-You’re-Out” law, stopping criminals convicted of three serious offences from getting bail, probation, parole, or house arrest and keeping violent criminals in jail for at least 10 years.
- Frank Caputo’s Bill C-225 to treat the murder of a current or former intimate partner as first-degree murder and forces those convicted of IPV within the last five years to be released only by a judge, among other provisions.
Canadians have gotten exactly the opposite of what they voted for because Carney is just another bait-and-switch Liberal. Conservatives will hold Liberals to account and fight for stronger take-home pay, safe streets, and secure borders in a strong, self-reliant Canada.