Mr. Speaker, I would like to follow up with a few things.
First, both Conservative and Liberal finance ministers in the past took pride when they presented this place with a balanced budget, yet the current finance minister continues to treat balanced budgets as if it were a dirty word. The member for Louis-Saint-Laurent has asked him 16 times when we will return back to balance, and now we know why. Between the time of the last fall economic update in 2016 to today, which is six months, we have seen an extra $13 billion, as presented on page 37 of the budget, showing that these guys are spending more and more, and we are hearing that the economy, the GDP, will go down and down.
When will the current finance minister present responsible planning for Canada's future? When are the Liberals going to stop talking about investments in the middle class? Right now they are mortgaging the middle class.