Minister Fortier, unfortunately the subtitle provided by the Parliamentary Budget Officer is that the government wants another $21 billion. It's not very flattering.
If the Treasury Board was in fact not meeting its mandate of effectively managing the public purse, if there was no effective oversight of the billions of dollars that this government continues to shell out, resulting in higher inflation, can you not take responsibility for that, Minister Fortier? As the individual who oversees the public purse, which economists agree is responsible for the inflationary spending we're seeing and therefore the high inflation rates, can you take responsibility for that?