Mr. Speaker, the minister forgot some things, because in his budget he inflated the figures, to say the least.
With respect to job creation, it says in the budget that 146,000 new jobs will be preserved. The parliamentary budget officer said that is not the case. On the contrary, we are talking about a much smaller number, namely 86,000 jobs. Furthermore, the PBO concluded that the forecasts for the private sector are “excessive” and that this budget, as tabled, “makes parliamentarians' work more difficult”.
Why did the government fudge the numbers? Why is the government refusing to tell Canadians the truth?