Mr. Speaker, now we understand why the Minister of Finance had a photo op with children two days ago. Children and grandchildren will pay because the government has lost control of spending public money. This is totally unacceptable.
Without a shadow of a doubt, we have come to understand one thing today: the Liberal government has completely lost control of public finances. I would remind members that barely two years ago, those people were elected by promising a small $10 billion deficit and a balanced budget in 2019. In 2019, Canadians will have a deficit of $27.9 billion. That is completely unacceptable.
This government has no regard for Canadians because it has completely lost control of government spending. Over the next six years, this government is going to run up a deficit of $113 billion. Barely six months ago, it gave us an economic update and today we see that it was off by $13 billion. Those people do not know how to count.
Even worse, as of midnight, Canadians are going to pay new taxes on tobacco, on alcohol, and, soon, on Uber. This government is making up taxes. On top of that, even though this government constantly lectures everyone about the environment, it is going to abolish the tax credit for people who use public transit.
They say one thing and do another.
Therefore, my question is quite simple. When will Canada get back to zero deficits?