Mr. Speaker, two weeks ago, the Minister of Finance sounded the alarm. "We are in hock up to our eyeballs. This cannot go on. The situation is not sustainable", he said, and he promised once more that he would cut spending.
Yesterday, his colleague at Treasury Board announced $2 billion in additional spending, including $26 million for Hibernia, $4 million for the Privy Council, $3 million for Canadian unity and $2 million more for the other place.
How can the government expect taxpayers to take its promises to cut government spending seriously, when today, it announces an additional $2 billion in spending?