Report From Parliament Hill

Eric Melillo, MP, Kenora Riding

Dear Constituents 

It was a pleasure to join my Conservative colleagues in Manitoba to meet with the Winnipeg Airports Authority to discuss the state of the airport’s post-pandemic recovery and their plans for the future. 
Unemployment Increases While Job Vacancies Collapse
After nine years of this NDP-Liberal government, job opportunities for Canadians are declining. This was recently confirmed by Statistics Canada, who revealed that payroll employment fell by nearly 23,000 jobs in April.
While less Canadians found work, the number of job vacancies also dropped for the third consecutive month. In April, job vacancies fell by 32,000 as NDP-Liberal job-killing tax hikes continues to drive out investment in the Canadian economy. This is the fewest number of job openings since January 2021, when Canada was in the middle of a pandemic.
As a result of this, there are now 2.3 unemployed Canadians for every job opening that exists. Among those most affected are young Canadians. As the Governor of the Bank of Canada, Tiff Macklem, said in a speech recently, “with fewer job vacancies, it’s taking longer for young people entering the labour market to find a job, and their unemployment rate has risen. It’s now about 2 percentage points above its pre-pandemic average.”
This NDP-Liberal government is not worth the cost. Despite being warned that their tax hikes are hurting Canadians, they decided to increase taxes on small businesses at a time when employment is weakening and Canadians’ paycheques are shrinking.
Only Common Sense Conservatives will bring home powerful paycheques by designing a tax cut that will lower taxes on working Canadians and their businesses.
Working for You 
If you’re planning to be in Ottawa and are interested in attending Question Period or taking a tour of Parliament, please let me know and my office can help reserve Question Period and tour tickets. 
As always, if there is anything my office can assist you with, please call me at 807-223-2182 (Dryden) or 807-468-2170 (Kenora) or email me at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Eric Melillo
Member of Parliament
Kenora Riding