Mr. Speaker, it is a little weird that I am asked to defend this so-called economic action plan and the deficiencies of it. I could join with my colleague over there and list 101 further deficiencies of this plan.
However, in answer to his specific question, the government of the day, whether Conservative or Liberal, is not in the business of forecasting currency rates. Nor is it in the business of actually running that side of the show. That is principally the responsibility of the Bank of Canada.