Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Madawaska—Restigouche for his question.
I am proud of the fact that our department is conducting the most open pre-budget consultations in history. To date, we have been in contact with 150,000 people, and 3,500 of them have provided formal comments. This is nearly three times the number of comments received by the previous government.
The consultations continue at budget.gc.ca, and I invite all Canadians to participate.