O’Toole takes aim at Canada’s economic update, rising inflation costs

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole took aim at Canada’s economic update on Tuesday, suggesting Canadians are being “priced out of their own lives” because of rising inflation. “Canadian household budgets are fragile, and when you see increases of 20 to 30 percent for gas, for fuel, for rent or food, that crisis is out of control,” he said.

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