Grant Jackson

Madam Speaker, as families prepare for Thanksgiving, farmers tell me that rising diesel prices are adding yet another cost they cannot afford. Brian, a farmer from Holland, told my office the price of diesel is becoming unsustainable. Many others agree. After years of skyrocketing fertilizer and equipment costs, higher fuel prices may be the final straw for many farm families. These costs are [more]

Mr. Speaker, yes.

Prime Minister Madam Speaker, the member took a very long time to get to that answer. I do not need to address the litany of false things that he put on the record. He did not address the question about whether the Parliamentary Budget Officer or theis misinformed. They are saying two different things about the fiscal outlook for the government's budget and spending habits. Prime Minister Which [more]

Prime Minister Prime Minister Madam Speaker, when the Liberals first announced their costly credit card budget last fall, Conservatives asked where their platform commitment to spend less and invest more went. Then, when theannounced that he planned to split operating and capital spending in the Liberal budget, the alarm bells started to go off. Canadians do not get to split their credit card [more]

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for. Every decade, a new generation of young Canadians has grown up knowing what was expected of it. Over the last 11 years, however, these expectations have gone from standard practice to nearly unattainable or have come with significant strings attached. The deal that Canadians had has been broken. Now, families [more]

Mr. Speaker, there is a lot to unpack in that question, but the main point is that none of those initiatives go far enough, because there are still 2.5 million Canadians at food banks every month. The Liberals are wandering around with a “mission accomplished” banner, saying that everything is great, while we have families and children lined up at food banks. What does the member have to say to [more]

Mr. Speaker, I think the member needs to check with her colleague, who listed all of the things she believes have solved the affordability crisis in her previous question. I will let the two of them on that side sort that out. They can check Hansard and figure it out. The reason we vote against the Liberals' budgets is that they are massively overspending in areas that do not matter and are not [more]

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the technical nature of the member's question. To be quite honest with him, though, most people are not driving diesel vehicles. The cost of diesel prices going up is impacting farmers, whose equipment runs on diesel, and the truckers who ship the food. There are examples of semi-tractor-trailers that are running on batteries, but the range is limited. I have yet to see [more]

Mr. Speaker, new numbers from Harvest Manitoba should concern every member of the House. In March, more than 61,000 Manitobans accessed a food bank, and more than half of them were children. According to the Winnipeg Free Press, food bank use in our province has increased by more than 150% since 2020. Today, an average of nearly 25,000 Manitoba households rely on food banks every month, which is [more]

Mr. Speaker, after nearly 18 months of the Liberal government, Canadians have witnessed a lot of talk and no results when it comes to affordability. Kayleigh from Westman wrote to me and said she spends $160 a week just driving to work and over $2,000 a month on groceries to feed her kids. Despite working full-time, Kayleigh writes, “it feels like we are falling further behind every month.” Her [more]

Winnipeg West Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to be back and a pleasure to see you in the chair. I wonder if my colleague from Edmonton would mind giving his perspective. The member forjust spoke about the lack of consultation with treaty partners. I thought the question was a little bizarre coming from the member for Winnipeg West, given the member from Edmonton's history as a proud chief of his [more]

Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to be back here and to rise on behalf of the residents of Brandon—Souris to present a petition regarding an announcement from the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, which confirmed in April that it will be cutting six research positions at the Brandon agricultural research station. This is a very important facility, not just for my constituency but also, [more]

Winnipeg North Madam Speaker, the comments from the member forare really interesting because the member from Edmonton earlier admitted that there is a treaty commissioner that some provinces have, to deal with the failure of government to follow through with the commitments of the historic numbered treaties. I think everybody finds that to be very reasonable. However, this bill would create a [more]