Mr. Speaker, I would also like to say that I truly like my colleague and to sincerely say how much respect I have for the minister, sorry, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance. It was a slip of the tongue. Everyone knows it was a slip of the tongue, and it wouldn't be a first for me. A slip of the tongue is saying what you are thinking. So it was a slip of the tongue.
One day, perhaps the Member for Papineau will open his eyes all the way. It is called respect.
Now, let’s get to the heart of the matter. Our parliamentary team is very proud to have voted against a budget that will lead to a $30 billion deficit, when the government had committed to a deficit a third that size.
Canadians know that when you are unable to manage properly and you are living on credit, you cannot do so for very long. But worse still, today’s update aggravates the situation, since the plan now is to impose $32 billion in additional spending on Canadians over the next five years; the Liberals were a little off six months ago. However, we believe that is not the right approach.
We are in favour of investing in infrastructure; we are for those investments. Do I need to remind my colleague that two years ago, the hon. member for Roberval, then minister of economic development, was head of a department with an $80 billion investment plan? The big difference is that we did it with a balanced budget.