Sorry, Mr. Speaker, but the Finance Minister has set a five year precedent and now we are deviating from that.
Also, it appears that we will be going two years without a full budget being tabled. I think that is unprecedented in western democracies. Now we will only get two years advance on government overspending and we have an officer of this parliament who says that the Prime Minister and his office is creating a culture of secrecy.
Does the Prime Minister not think that Canadians would be more assured if their government were being more open about its books instead of more closed?