Mr. Speaker, I think that the member is quite right in saying that everyone makes mistakes. They made a big one this time.
I would like to come back to the omnibus bill that my colleague from Salaberry—Suroît mentioned. Under this omnibus bill, there is a parliamentary budget officer, but he or she will report to the Speaker and will, obviously, be under the influence of the Liberal government. That is pretty shameful. It is worrisome that the person in that position will find that this is very different from what the government promised. I have here a copy of the Liberal Party platform. On page 15, in the paragraph on the Canada infrastructure bank, it reads:
We will establish the Canadian Infrastructure Bank to provide low-cost financing for new infrastructure projects.
The federal government can use its strong credit rating and lending authority to make it easier and more affordable for municipalities to build the projects their communities need.
That is really quite unbelievable, when we now know full well that the government will have to guarantee all mutual funds and other investors a major return.
My colleague alluded to a mistake, so here is my question. Does he not believe that it was quite a big mistake to have done away with the public transit tax credit? Back home in Longueuil, the elimination of that tax credit means a loss of $250 for most people who use public transit. For ordinary Canadians, $250 a year is a lot of money. Considering how good the Liberals are at communicating, did they simply make a mistake by letting this measure go through or did they purposely commit this shameful act that will hurt public transit users?