"Food bank usage has soared to an all-time high with 1.5 million Canadians visiting a food bank in just a single month. 1 in 5 Canadians say that they’re skipping meals.
It’s time for Ottawa to get its fiscal house in order. "
Marty Morantz
MP for Charleswood- St. James -Assiniboia - Headingley
As a new parliamentary session begins, I am proud to have delivered on important issues for my constituents over the past year. At every turn, members of the Conservative caucus have held the Trudeau government to account on the issues affecting Canadians, including the growing cost of living crisis, rising crime, and government accountability.
In my new role as Associate Shadow Minister for Finance and Middle Class Prosperity I’ve witnessed how the growing cost of government has become a critical problem as we try to tackle the many challenges plaguing the country.
Government overspending is hurting Canadians by making life more unaffordable. In just a few years, the government has doubled the national debt, tripled the carbon tax, while increases in interest rates triggered by the governments inflationary spending have caused people’s mortgage payments dramatically increase.
Canadians can’t afford this government any longer. Canadians are out of money and the tired Liberal government is out of touch.
Food bank usage has soared to an all-time high with 1.5 million Canadians visiting a food bank in just a single month. 1 in 5 Canadians say that they’re skipping meals.
It’s time for Ottawa to get its fiscal house in order.
That’s why it has been so great to be back on Parliament’s Finance Committee. Every week, I’ve been able to look at the government’s spending, question them on their policies, and hold them to account.
Being on Finance has also helped me get the truth out to the public. Less than a month ago, I got the Governor of the Bank of Canada to confirm what I have been saying all along: If the government didn’t overspend during the pandemic, inflation would be lower today. Forty percent of government spending during the pandemic had nothing to do with the pandemic according to the independent Parliamentary Budget Officer.
I also questioned Deputy Prime Minister Freeland on why such a large chunk of the government’s fall spending didn’t specify what it was going towards. She refused to provide details of the 14.2 Billion dollars in “non announced spending” set out in the fall economic statement.
In short, I’ve spent my time holding the government to account and applying pressure so that they don’t make things worse for Canadians than they already are.
There will be lots of work to do once Parliament sits again in the new year. Preparing for the spring’s federal budget will be a major priority of mine. Canadians can’t afford another massive, wasteful budget. People have it hard enough already. Adding more fuel to the inflationary fire would devastate families that are already barely holding on. That’s why I’ll use my platform, both in committee and in the House of Commons, to question and call out any policies that are going to make life more unaffordable for working Canadians.
It’s been an honour to represent the people of Charleswood-St. James -Assiniboia–Headingley during these difficult times.
As eventful as the past year had been, I’m excited for what the coming months have in store. It’s about time that Ottawa left more money in the pockets of Canadians, not less.
