Mr. Speaker, once again this morning we were treated to the farce of the finance minister's forecasting. The Liberals' projected surplus of $1.9 billion was $9.1 billion. Perhaps the finance minister has dyslexia. Could it be that the finance minister is that legendary dyslexic agnostic insomniac who wakes up in the middle of the night and wonders if there really is a dog? Or more likely, the finance minister is deliberately lowballing numbers.
When the Liberals mislead about the size of the surplus, Canadians are denied the chance to have a say on what to do with that money. For example, low income and middle income Canadians would love to have some of that money to spend on extravagances like groceries. Or what about properly equipping our military?
The Conservative Party believes that the revenue, expenditure and surplus forecast should be set independent of the government and its politicized agenda.
That surplus money belongs to Canadians, and Canadians deserve the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help them dog.