Mr. Speaker, even the minister's fancy footwork is not going to work on this one. The fact is that the senior economist of J.P. Morgan is saying that a budget deficit this year is “highly likely”. TD Bank economists are accusing the minister of “fancy accounting footwork” to avoid the appearance of deficit.
Instead of fancy footwork to avoid the appearance of deficit, why does the minister not listen to the auditor general and cut wasteful Liberal spending so that Canada can avoid the reality of deficit?