Pierre is doing something Liberals hate: pointing to results. Balanced budgets. Lower taxes. Lower crime. More affordability. That was not some fantasy period invented for a campaign clip. It was a reminder that Canada once had a federal government that treated taxpayers like citizens, not like ATMs with winter coats. The Liberal response is always the same tired sneer: “That was years ago.” Yes. Exactly. And what happened after? Debt exploded. Housing became unreachable. Food bank use surged. Crime got worse. Taxes piled up. Energy was handcuffed. Productivity flatlined. Young Canadians got priced out of adulthood while Ottawa congratulated itself for compassion. So when Pierre says those were better days, he is not selling nostalgia. He is making a comparison. Competence versus chaos. Paycheques versus slogans. Results versus excuses. Canada does not need another lecture from people who broke the country and now want applause for noticing the smoke. It needs a government that remembers affordability is not a press release. It is whether people can live.