Mr. Speaker, I am not talking about a deficit. I am talking about the $10.6 billion surplus for this fiscal year. I am not even talking about the next budget. I am talking about the multi-billion-dollar surplus in the current budget. We have $10.6 billion, and everyone agrees that we should put $3 billion of that toward the debt. I am talking about a balanced approach. Ms. Jérôme-Forget and the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, with which I met yesterday, are asking for immediate measures to help the regions, businesses and workers right now.
The government has the means. Will it shake off its ideological yoke?