Mr. Speaker, this morning, under the headline "Cheap tricks for tawdry ends", the Globe and Mail made two allegations: First, the Minister of Finance has knowingly inflated the deficit of last fiscal year; second, a close analysis of government spending shows that the deficit for next year will not decrease, but will increase from $41.7 billion to $43.7 billion because of the measures announced in the most recent budget.
When will the Minister of Finance stop trying to delude the Canadian people? When will he stop covering up the fiasco in our public finances, which his budget is only making worse?