Mr. Speaker, the finance minister is playing a shell game with the money of Canadian taxpayers. He pads expenses with future projects to make the surplus look smaller so he can say there is no money for tax relief. He cuts $7 billion out of health care, gives $2 billion back and thinks no one will notice there is $5 billion missing.
Does the finance minister actually think these kinds of shell games will fool anyone other than gullible Liberal backbenchers?