Mr. Speaker, we will see if the government can live up to this commitment.
During the election campaign, the Prime Minister promised that we would have a slight budget deficit over the next couple of years to fund infrastructure, but then by the end of the mandate in 2019, the budget would be balanced. However, standing in the House the other day, the Minister of Finance said the government would work towards “a balanced budget by the end of our mandate”.
I ask the Minister of Finance, is this another in the string of broken promises of the government?