Mr. Speaker, the government has more revenues because the economy is performing very well. The government has more revenues because 1.6 million people who had no jobs five years ago are working in Canada. The government has more revenues because there is optimism in the country because we have reduced the deficit from $42 billion to zero. The government has more revenues because it is the first time that we have had two balanced budgets in 50 years.
In the House of Commons on February 17th, 1999. See this statement in context.