Mr. Speaker, I suppose what someone saying this budget would help get someone elected is something everyone has to live with. The party in my province is a different stripe from mine and I am certain it is hoping this will help it get elected. That is what politics is all about.
The great thing about this is that it shows that all the premiers, the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister of Canada and the finance ministers of the provinces got together and made this thing work and they are all very happy with it.
As far as the auditor general's comments on the way the government keeps the books, I suppose there is a difference of opinion between the auditor general, the people in the Department of Finance and people in other departments. That will go on forever. It always has and always will.