Mr. Speaker, this is just a little recap from our constituency week.
Last week, Finance Canada announced that the federal government had a $7.5 billion surplus. It is the fourth time that officials at Finance Canada have actually confirmed that we left them with a surplus, and that is because of our strong fiscal management and the fact that we are prudent on balanced budgets.
When the finance minister was asked about this, he waved away the report and said, quite frankly, he is not focusing on that.
I think Canadians want him to focus on the numbers. My question for the finance minister is, when will you stop misleading Canadians on what the actual fiscal situation is?