Philip Lawrence at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

December 3rd, 2024 / 12:50 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr. Giroux, for being here, as always.

I want to start by reading a quote of yours back to you just to confirm you still stand by it. It's from BNN Bloomberg:

If it's good news, they can play it up. If it's bad news, they may try to find a more appropriate time where it gathers less attention. It's quite likely that the government will have blown [through] its own self-imposed target of a C$40 billion deficit.

Are those your words, and do you still stand by them?

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