I think that a government has some leeway when it comes to presenting its finances and telling parliamentarians and Canadians where it wants to go and what it intends to do with their money.
The current government stated where it wants to go. In its own words, it wants to “spend less to invest more”. I think that there's room to do this for a certain period. This was established by a number of votes, including Mr. Jacques' vote. In that sense, I think that it's a reasonable question for parliamentarians—