Madam Speaker, picking up on some of the actual stats from the transfer from 2006, what Stephen Harper inherited was a $13.8-billion surplus. In point of fact, by the second and third quarter of 2008, before the financial crisis, we entered into a deficit by cutting taxes and raising spending, and the overall debt increased by $150 billion. Therefore, I would advise my hon. colleague to remember the adage about glass houses and stones.
In the House of Commons on December 6th, 2016. See this statement in context.