Mr. Chair, I'd like to be very clear on this. We are in the situation that we are in right now. The reason the deficit was higher than we expected when we came into office was that there was low growth. Fully half of the deficit that we delivered in our first budget was due to lower-than-expected growth. As we think about that situation, we deal with the actual problem. By dealing with the actual problem, we are increasing the growth rate of this country.
Our starting point was to make sure that Canadians felt optimistic about the future. The good news is that with a much lower level of unemployment now, with the best growth in new jobs that we've seen in over a decade, we now have a sense of optimism. The other good news is that we're now starting to see more positive growth rates. That is exactly what we need to do to deal with getting great jobs for Canadians, having more optimistic futures, and, over the long term, ensuring that we can continue to reduce the amount of net debt against our GDP, which we know is the most important measure as we think about our fiscal capacity.