Madam Speaker, I have one quick question for the parliamentary secretary. Obviously, because he is in the inner group I am sure he has much better information than we do. I wish he would enlighten not only me but other members of my party, other members of the House and perhaps the Canadian public.
When the finance department of the Government of Canada does its projections, surely it is aware of these different aberrations that occur every year. He mentioned a list of things, income tax refunds, the reduction in the EI premiums and so on. He did not say anything about the increase in the CPP premiums. He forgot that one but I will just add that on his behalf.
When the finance department with all the brilliant minds in the world and all the Y2K ready computers does its fiscal projections, surely it must take all that into account. Can he enlighten us on that, please?