Mr. Speaker, the Dominion Bond Rating Service quotes explicitly the budget as the reason for lowering the credit rating.
Does the Minister of Finance not recognize that failing to take seriously our proposal, the Bloc Quebecois proposal, to review and cut the fat in federal government expenditures was a bad move and that such an irresponsible move could end up costing the people of Quebec and Canada hundreds of thousands of dollars, while at the same time causing job losses and allowing interest rates to skyrocket?