Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to my honourable colleague's question.
I did say that the action plan was probably a good thing, but only insofar as it was a plan. The Conservative caucus's problem is that it has not proven that it has the management skills to implement the plan. The Conservatives are flying by the seat of their pants, and we can all see how that is working out.
As for balancing the budget, if our colleague knows what he is talking about, then he knows that a budget is a series of estimates. The end of the story cannot be determined in advance.
Balancing the budget is not a problem. It is all in the accounting, as they say.
There is, however, just one magic word: “management”. That is what the Conservatives are doing so poorly.