I believe in responsible government. You are the people we've delegated to be responsible for us as Canadians and I want you to have the information necessary to make the decision. You can have differences of view; you can thrash it out among yourselves, as you do, but you need the information. That's the role.... I actually was against the Parliamentary Budget Officer being established because I think we should rely on government officials to provide Parliament with that kind of information.
On March 16th, 2011. See this statement in context.