Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his question.
As has been outlined by the prime minister, we will balance the books by no later than next year. I think Canadians can take enormous satisfaction in the fact that in the first five months of this year we actually have paid down $11 billion worth of marketable debt. I also think that Canadians take great satisfaction by the fact that the net worth of households is rising, that consumer sales are up, that more and more Canadians—