Yes, I've been here for 10 years, and every single finance minister, including all of your predecessors, has come here to this committee and made commitments that they never fulfilled, so it goes to credibility.
Canadians are watching, and they want to have confidence in their officials, but refusing to answer questions and to adhere to fiscal anchors and guardrails that you set for yourself and perpetually change erodes confidence in officials, because it means that Canadians don't know whether they can trust your words.
Can you give Canadians a plain answer about whether or not there is any plan to ever balance the budget?