I'll go back.
When asked about the $220 billion, on top of all that, in terms of unallocated spending, the minister effectively said, don't worry, trust them, and there's no reason to believe they would actually use that borrowing authority. Now that's pretty rich, since this government blew through $200 billion and through the current debt ceiling in less than three years.
Therefore, Mr. Chair, the government's request for an increase to its debt ceiling to $1.83 trillion is excessive. Accordingly, our amendment does the reasonable thing and reduces the debt ceiling request by $220 billion to $1.61 trillion. This still leaves the government with a contingency of $87 billion and a $100-billion stimulus fund, which as yet remains undefined, and incorporates the exempted borrowing that was exercised during the pandemic, so I encourage all of my colleagues here at committee to do the reasonable thing and support this amendment.