Mr. Speaker, I thank the Prime Minister for his kind words. The point is the actions come late.
Yesterday's throne speech goes against everything the government was saying last autumn. As late as October, the Prime Minister was denying we were headed into a recession. As late as the economic statement, the Prime Minister was actually denying we were going to head into deficit. Now we know the truth.
Why did the Prime Minister tell us we were in surplus on November 27 when we were actually in deficit?