Mr. Speaker, there was a different version eight weeks ago.
When the budget was tabled—and this is in writing—the minister stated “Given the current economic weakness, debt pay down at this time is not appropriate. Any reserves at this year's end will be not used to pay down debt”. But yesterday the minister said the opposite.
How can the Minister of Finance justify this sudden change in policy a few weeks after bringing down his budget, if it is not due to his incompetence at managing public funds?