Mr. Speaker, last year the Minister of Finance predicted a $1.9 billion surplus, and the final figure was $9.1 billion, that is a margin of error of 450% for the year 2003-04 alone. Experts are predicting a surplus of between $25 billion and $33 billion for the next three years, while the Bloc's forecasted figure for the same period is $29 billion.
Will the Minister of Finance admit that all serious predictions give him the manoeuvring room necessary to solve fiscal imbalance once and for all?