Mr. Chair, I think the question, as always in fiscal policy, is about setting priorities. People are coming with asks with specific costing estimates associated with them, and some not.
When the parliamentary budget officer did a longer-term, 75-year look ahead, which I think Ms. Raitt was talking about, the provincial part of the equation mattered. Federally, in general you could argue we're doing pretty well and are quite fine; fiscally, the structure that was left in place by the previous government is sustainable. However, the challenges are equal in size for the provincial level.
What you need to do is look at the entire Canadian government as a whole, including the pension plans, including municipalities. You could have a structural deficit at one level and a surplus at another. The issue is really the fiscal balance there and whether the math makes sense.