Mr. Speaker, the federal government has a very sophisticated process for coming up with these numbers.
Last year the economy was rebounding from BSE, SARS and the fluctuating dollar. I compare this to my province of Nova Scotia where for 15 years the provincial Conservative government kept saying it would be balanced, yet we were $200 million to $500 million in deficit. If we are going to make a mistake, let us make a mistake on the side of having the money and putting it on the debt, instead of the other way around.