Minister, your government blew through its previous debt ceiling within a couple of years—way beyond it. In fact, you exempted certain spending for COVID relief and that was appropriate, but you blew through it. Now you're suggesting to Canadians, “Yes, but if you give me $663 billion, don't worry. I won't blow through that line of credit.” Why should Canadians trust you with that?
On March 11th, 2021. See this statement in context.