Finally, the Parliamentary Budget Officer is an officer of Parliament under the Parliament of Canada Act, plus he has the legislative authority to have access to all information necessary for him to discharge his responsibility, primarily being to report to Parliament on the state of finances of the nation. The Parliamentary Budget Officer has projected that in 2016 there will still be a deficit of $11 billion.
Minister, your department has projected that there will in fact be a surplus for 2016 of $2.6 billion. The differential, $13.6 billion, is a fairly significant differential. Have you looked into the reasons for that differential, and can you tell us what they are?