Report From Parliament Hill

Eric Melillo, MP, Kenora Riding

Dear Constituents

The NDP-Liberal government announced they will soon release the Fall Economic Statement, a mini-budget that outlines the state of the federal government’s financial situation. Common Sense Conservatives are calling on the government to “just stop”:
Stop all planned tax hikes, especially the job-killing carbon tax hikes.
Stop fuelling inflation by cutting wasteful inflationary spending and axing the sales tax on homes to save up to $50,000 for homebuyers and sparking the construction of 30,000 more houses and apartments each year.
Stop adding debt by confirming that the deficit for this year and last year has not risen above the $40 billion guardrail that Finance Minister Freeland promised in this year’s budget.
The government must also include a dollar-for-dollar law that requires all new spending be offset with an equal amount of savings. For example, the government should cut the discredited Housing Accelerator Fund to pay for axing the GST on homes.
In spring, Trudeau will hike his carbon tax again by nearly 19 percent as part of his plan to quadruple the tax to 61 cents per litre over the next five years. Additionally, the Clean Fuel Regulations will add 17 cents per liter by 2030 on the backs of Canadians. 
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) has confirmed that the carbon taxes will delete $40 billion from our economy, and a majority of Canadians will pay more in tax than they get back. 
Since the carbon tax came into place, food prices in Canada have risen 37% faster than in the US. When you tax the farmer who grows the food and the trucker who ships the food, you tax all those who buy the food. There were over 2 million visits to a food bank in March 2024, and now more than one million Ontarians have to turn to a food bank to survive.
Trudeau is also hiking the capital gains tax, which will drive more jobs and investment to the United States. Half a trillion investment dollars have already fled Canada for the US under Justin Trudeau. He has spent so much money that, even with his tax increases, he’s added more inflationary debt than every other Prime Minister combined. This wasteful spending has driven up the cost of everything. 
Housing costs have doubled after 9 years of Trudeau, rising faster than in any other G7 country. Back in October of 2015, it took only 39 percent of the median pre-tax household income to cover home ownership costs. Now, it takes nearly 60 percent. Axing the sales tax on new homes under $1 million will bring down housing inflation and spark more home building.
Liberals promised to cap the deficit at $40 billion, but the PBO now projects the federal deficit to be $46.4 billion, blowing past their own fiscal guardrails.
Only Common Sense Conservatives will axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime. But until Canadians can vote in a carbon tax election, Liberals must stop the tax hikes, stop fueling inflation, and stop adding debt.
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