Mr. Chair, what I can say is that, in 2005-06, there was a $13.2-billion surplus, but after that the Harper government did things very differently. It ran a deficit for a number of years. When we took office, there was a very high level of unemployment and a $1-billion deficit in the first year. That was the situation left by the Harper government. Our level of growth was very low. Now, we are in exactly the opposite situation. We are in a good position in terms of employment and economic growth, and our debt is dropping every year.
In the House of Commons on May 22nd, 2018. See this statement in context.