Report From Parliament Hill

Eric Melillo, MP, Kenora Riding

Dear Constituents

After nine years of this NDP-Liberal government, life has never been more expensive for Canadians. Recently, Food Banks Canada released new data showing that record numbers of Canadians are struggling to keep their heads above water, having to rely on food banks to survive. 
According to the Hunger Count report for 2024, food banks recorded a historic 2,059,636 visits in March alone. This is a shocking 90 percent increase from 2019, and over a quarter of these visits were made by children.
As a result of the historic levels of demand placed on food banks, nearly 30 percent of food banks across the network reported running out of food in the last twelve months. Most food banks also reported giving out less food to avoid running out before they could serve everyone. 
Canadians are visiting food banks in record numbers because the NDP-Liberal government’s inflationary taxes and spending is driving up the cost of everything.
Instead of providing Canadians with the relief they deserve, they decided to hike the carbon tax by 23 percent this spring as part of his plan to quadruple the tax by 2030.
The NDP-Liberal Government just doesn’t understand that if you tax the farmer who grows the food, and the trucker who ships the food, you end up taxing the Canadian who buys the food.
Only Common Sense Conservatives will bring home lower prices by axing the tax on groceries.
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 
eric.melillo@parl.gc.ca.
Sincerely,
Eric Melillo
Member of Parliament
Kenora Riding