Mr. Speaker, the minister should tell Canadians the truth, that in fact he will be putting Canada in deficit next year.
The Prime Minister is misleading Canada on the state of Canada's finances and now he is trying to cover up the deficit by selling off government assets in a fire sale. He is counting on $10 billion from this fire sale and he does not even have a list of what he is going to sell.
The Conservatives are breaking every accounting rule in the book just to hide their new deficit.
With this Enron style of accounting, how can Canadians trust the Prime Minister to manage the economy?