Thank you, Chair.
Thanks to our colleague, Jean-Denis, for bringing this forward.
I agree with everything he's saying. The only thing I don't agree with him on is the reason why they didn't come out with a budget. I think they were afraid of the massive deficit it would show. I think that's the reason they were trying to hide the budget.
In fact, if I can remind the committee, they weren't going to come out with a budget at first after the election. They said no budget. It was our leader, with our Conservative team, who put on the massive pressure that forced them. First, he said that it would be a half budget. Then, through more pressure, they said they would come up with a full budget.
We already know, through the Prime Minister's own words, that he's going to spend even more than Justin Trudeau did, believe it or not. That means more inflation. We saw inflation go up. It's higher deficits and higher borrowing costs. Taxpayers today will be paying more on the interest on the government's collective debt than what goes for health care to the provinces, unfortunately.
We fully agree with this motion. I think it's a good motion. I'll just leave it there. We're looking forward to the vote right away.