Thank you, Minister.
Canada has the lowest deficit because we are crushing our citizens with inflation and reaping the rewards. The government is the only entity in this country that is significantly benefiting from inflation. That's why you have all this money to give out, and in fact your entire fiscal plan is based on inflation staying quite high. This is why you're able to spend this kind of money.
I'm glad you mentioned comparisons and you brought up the German chancellor. They announced cuts to their gas taxes just last week. They announced pauses to their energy costs to provide relief from the single measure that's driving inflation. We are the only country that is choosing to increase taxes on energy. Why do we believe that we know better than the rest of the world when it comes to the price of energy and increasing our taxes, such as the carbon tax?