Pat Kelly, MP

A Parliamentary Secretary responded with nonsense about non-specific things they claim they are “building”. At last night’s “adjournment proceedings” I debated that unsatisfactory response with this Parliamentary Secretary, who responded with a pre-canned set of Finance Department talking points, including their adherence to “fiscal anchors” even as they blow through the very anchor he cites.

The Bank of Canada’s Monetary Policy Report shows that business investment contributed 0.0 per cent to GDP growth in 2025 and that consumers, not business investment, are driving the economy. Canada has the most indebted households in the G7. I asked BOC Governor Tiff Macklem if that is a concern.

The Deschamps report was tabled more than 11 years ago, during which time the Liberals failed to pass necessary implementation legislation. Today the Liberals passed “time allocation” to gut the work of the Defence committee, whose members cooperated to make important changes to the bill and give victims of sexual misconduct in the armed forces

This Prime Minister is just like the old one – except worse -his spring deficit is double the deficit Trudeau projected for the same period.