Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister of Finance a question.
I know he has returned from Washington and from other discussions about the international situation. It seems pretty clear in listening to the debate and discussion that many, including the president of the IMF herself and others, have talked about the risk of too much austerity at a time when there is a genuine and real risk of a deep recession taking hold not only in Europe but across the developed world.
Does the minister not realize there is an equal risk to the dangers that cuts and austerity can pose to the chances of recovery?