Actually, Mr. Perkins, we are delivering a far stronger and faster rate of fiscal consolidation than anyone predicted, including our budget documents, when COVID first hit and when Canada experienced the deepest recession since the Great Depression. The recovery led by our government's economic plan has been significantly stronger and faster than the recovery that Canada saw when the Conservatives were in office after the financial crisis, which was a shock, but a much milder shock than the COVID recession.
I'm very pleased that Canada is on track for a soft landing. Inflation has been in the Bank of Canada's target range for 10 months—for all of this year—and interest rates have been coming down. That is really good news for Canadians, and that did not happen by accident.