Apparently it's all right to pass on that debt and deficit to future generations when just a few months ago it wasn't all right.
I note that if in fact the GST, for instance, had been left where it was when this government came in place, we wouldn't be running a deficit in 2008-09 and we wouldn't be running a deficit in 2013-14. Essentially you would have cut off both ends of this deficit thing.
On the revenue side, there are policy decisions taken by this government that have exaggerated the difficulties in which we find ourselves. What's even more disturbing is that on page 5 of your report you say:
It is important to note, however, that the [direct program spending] component of PBO’s fiscal projections is based entirely on Finance Canada’s forecast. Ideally, PBO would produce an independent projection of departmental expenditures.
So on the revenue side of the equation, you've made your own independent judgment. On the expenditure side of the equation, you're pretty well stuck, on direct program spending, with whatever it is the government tells you.