Thank you.
I was going to ask about CRA, but seeing as how we've gone on a different track, I am delighted to ask about this. In OGGO, I asked the Parliamentary Budget Officer if he had calculated into his analogy the fact that we are getting new trade deals, that we are breaking down interprovincial trade barriers and that we have the national defence and infrastructure plan to go with that. I asked if he had factored that into economic growth and some of the numbers he had calculated. He admitted that he had not.
I also looked at the previous parliamentary budget officer, who made comments on this budget. He said that he agreed with the direction and that it's not time for an austerity budget.
Using my previous experience, I had three budgets in Newfoundland as a finance minister. I was put in charge of finances at a time when we could not borrow. Based on some of the spending we made, we were then able to borrow again.
I have great confidence in the budget you put forward and in the track record of Prime Minister Carney. I want you to speak for a bit about how you see the projection of the trade agreements, the breaking down of trade barriers, the strategic spending—Build Canada Homes, for example—and how that will reflect on improving the economy and making life better for Canadians.