Members’ Statement
March 18, 2019

Mr. Len Webber (Calgary Confederation, CPC):

Mr. Speaker, life is getting more expensive for Canadians every day. Taxes are going up and we have little to show for it. A middle-class family with at least one child should brace for an average increase of over $2,200 a year. It is an alarming amount and the situation is made worse when you consider the cost of child care, rising interest rates and mortgage payments.

    The Liberals promised Canadians they would borrow just $10 Billion per year to create jobs and grow the economy, but now the deficit is three times as large and no plan to balance Canada’s budget until after I am dead. We are in for decades of red ink. My city of Calgary, once the economic engine of Canada, now has the highest unemployment rate in the country.

    Canadians deserve better, they deserve strong leadership to get pipelines built and strong leadership to put our economy on sound footing. This fall, Canadians will have the chance to build a better Canada with a new, strong Conservative leadership and it cannot come soon enough.

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