Madam Speaker, the question really drives at the credibility of promising Canadians something and then doing something very different.
It is political manoeuvring at its best when someone says they will do something and be open and transparent. In the case of the PBO, the PBO drilled down into asking the real questions behind the numbers. What the PBO found, and what we have found in looking at those numbers, is that the time horizons that formed the backdrop to how the numbers would come up were actually done over a two-year time frame instead of the more appropriate time frame of five years that every government of all political stripes prior to this one had used. When the PBO asked if the information over the five-year timeframe could be provided, the Liberals refused to give it.
The hon. member can tell me if that is open and transparent.