Michael Chong

The government of Canada is not a private investment bank. It's a government whose finances are to be public. And Mr. Carney needs to be a lot more transparent about the spending he's announced in recent months.

One month of anemic growth, of half a per cent, does not change the overall picture.

I’m going to be focused on the evidence and clearly communicate that.

They have failed to introduce competition reform in a number of sectors of the Canadian economy that would help reduce the price of everything from groceries to gas to housing.

A recession has been often defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth, and so on that definition, Canada is in a recession.

My focus is on affordability, affordability, affordability, affordability.

The ongoing cost-of-living crisis has not diminished over the past 15 months of Carney’s government.

Put a renewed focus on the single biggest issue facing Canadians, which is affordability.

Canadians struggle to pay their everyday cost of living because of all of this.

I think the trajectory of the current government is no different than the previous Liberal government and that's why Canadians continue to struggle with affordability.

I was delighted with the challenge, so I'm looking forward to taking on this new role.

And secondly, it shouldn't have taken the prompting of the Trump administration for the government to have taken action.

It shouldn't have taken the government five-and-a-half years to get to this point.