Carol Anstey

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, after 11 years of the Liberals, one thing is clear. There are now two Canadas, one for hard-working Canadians who play by all the rules and one for the Liberal club. While Canadian families struggle to put food on the table, private corporations are paying employees who work inside the Major Projects Office, and therefuses to reveal who they are. Imagine an employer [more]

Mr. Speaker, I would not want to talk about the Major Projects Office either. Prime Minister Last year, thetold Canadians to prepare to make sacrifices. Well, guess what. They are already making them. Food bank visits have reached a record 2.35 million in a single month, with 776,000 of those visits being made by children. Prime Minister Canadians are being made to make sacrifices, yet private [more]

Mr. Speaker, housing is extremely important to this country. I would absolutely agree that we have a generation of young people who are losing the hope of home ownership in this country. The member talked about our Conservative approach with respect to increasing supply. One of the things I think is also important within the context of that conversation is how much goods and services in this [more]

Madam Speaker, most recently, according to Statistics Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador's inflation rate was 4.7%, compared with 3.1% nationally. Fuel prices increased 78.6% in one year, and transportation costs increased by 11.6%. Prime Minister I am curious. How does the member square those statistics with the's claim that affordability is the best that it has been in a decade?

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, the member opposite made reference to housing and housing affordability. In fact, thehas told Canadians that housing affordability has improved every single month since his government has been in office. I am just wondering how the member opposite squares that with a recent report released by Statistics Canada. In Newfoundland and Labrador, there has been a 9% increase [more]

Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his excellent speech. I always love to listen to him in this House. One of the things he talked about in his speech was our Conservative plan to cut all taxes on gas and diesel. I wonder if he would like to take the opportunity, particularly with respect to diesel, to expand on why that means more to Canadians, not just with respect to what they [more]

Mr. Speaker, I am happy that my friend and colleague mentioned the Conservatives' approach to housing and solving the housing crisis in this country, and the Liberals' approach. He talked about home ownership, and I very much share that perspective. I wonder if he would also like to expand on how home ownership can really help a young person build their assets, build their equity and really have [more]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, having government appointees appear before committee is standard practice. The Liberals made the unusual decision to appoint the's wife to this role. That should mean more transparency, not less. Prime Minister Lobbyists and special interest groups are celebrating that they have access to the's wife, and $1.2 billion is not a small amount of money. Canadians deserve [more]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, Liberal inflation continues to drive up the cost of living, forcing interest rates up. Canadians are struggling to make ends meet. Meanwhile, the's wife was just appointed as Canada's new ocean envoy, with 1.2 billion taxpayer dollars tied to these initiatives. The Liberals say that she is working for free, but unpaid should not mean unaccountable. The minister's [more]

Mr. Speaker, oftentimes in the House when we talk about these subjects, the common response we get from the members opposite is, “What would Conservatives cut?” I am curious if the Leader of the Opposition would like to expand on the Conservatives' exact approach to practising fiscal restraint, which we desperately need in this country right now.