Mr. Speaker, I remember reading the red book on the balcony of the Frontenac Hotel. When ordinary Canadians read this red book it said: “We are moving towards a time when the budget will finally be balanced—When we reach that time, we will allocate every billion dollars”, the first billion, the second billion, the last billion, to debt reduction and tax relief.
When the finance minister says he will not keep that promise, is that not a broken promise like the—