Mr. Speaker, recently the dollar went down and the interest rate went up substantially. This is not exactly a ringing endorsement of the finance minister's proud announcement that his deficit elimination plan is on track.
Will the minister admit that drifting targets are not enough, that overspending $4 million an hour is too much and that markets and future generations of Canadians want him to do better like, for example, the eight provinces whose finance ministers he will meet tonight?