Mr. Speaker, I will be very clear, because the member wants to focus on the deficit, and provide assurances to Canadians that the reality is that there was a multi-billion dollar deficit left by the former government.
It said it was going to have a balanced budget; it did not happen. It is as simple as that. History cannot be changed by having a bunch of Conservative MPs standing up and proclaiming that there was a surplus when in fact the reality is that there was a debt.
Will the member not admit that there was actually a debt? If she does not want to do that, maybe instead of the Speaker having to review Hansard, she should just apologize for her earlier comments about the Prime Minister.