Mr. Speaker, let me look at the member directly and tell him that I am absolutely proud of what we have done and what we are going to achieve. He said I should feel ashamed. Absolutely not; I am absolutely happy to say that.
Now, let us go back to the other question and see how they twist things. He is talking about the $3 billion for defence. This is a capital expenditure. Does he really think that the planes we want to buy are just sitting there, that we just need to write a cheque and the planes will come in? They need to be built. After they have been built, then the money is allocated. Therefore, that money is sitting there, waiting to be allocated. When those capital expenditures are ready, we will buy them. Look at how they are twisting the facts, saying that it is a mistake.
As for all the other ones, he needs to recognize that there was a recession in 2008.
By the way, the budget officer was appointed by this government. It is this government that went ahead and appointed him.
We have nothing to be ashamed of. We are as transparent as anything.
Let us celebrate the fact that by 2015 we will have a balanced budget.