Madam Speaker, now more than ever, the Liberals are showing that they have no respect for the promises they made, for Canadians or for this House.
They want to limit debate once again today on a mammoth bill that is more than 800 pages long and that directly affects the public purse.
Let us not forget that the Liberals were elected just three short years ago on a promise to run three small deficits, with no deficit by 2019. They ran three huge deficits totalling over $60 billion in three years, and we have no idea when they plan to return to a balanced budget. They have definitely jettisoned any possibility of clearing the deficit by 2019. It is shameful.
I call on the Minister of Finance to show some honour and dignity and stand up in this House to tell us when he plans to balance the budget.