Mr. Speaker, we are one of the few industrial countries that is actually retiring its debt, $6.5 billion over the last two years, over $20 billion of market debt. Our debt to GDP ratio was at 71% four years ago and today it is at 61%. It will be below 50% in the next four years.
I congratulate the member for Simcoe North for having asked me the first budget question since the budget was brought down over a month and a half ago.