May I point out for the third time that according to Canadians, the Minister of Finance has made no plan to balance the budget, which is not good news.
Mr. Chair, in reference to the Canada Child Benefit earlier, the minister said, “We have to be fiscally prudent.” I want to remind the minister that during the election campaign, he and his party committed to ensuring that the cost of this benefit program would not be higher than it was under the previous government. The additional cost was supposed to be nil. However, these people made a $3.4 billion mistake.
Minister, how can you explain this poor management of public funds?