Mr. Speaker, my friend across the way spoke about good government at the provincial level. If we deliver government at the provincial level like the current government has, apparently we end up being able to hold caucus meetings in a van. That is hopefully where it is headed as well.
He spoke about the middle class and those working hard to join it. The numbers clearly show that the middle class are paying more under the government, and they are not particularly happy about it.
My question about the estimates is with respect to the Parliamentary Budget Officer. I understand that the committee only met twice to look at these different aspects of the votes. Here is what the Parliamentary Budget Officer had to say about the government's approach to the estimates. He stated:
The Government’s approach to funding Budget 2018 initiatives provides parliamentarians with information that only marginally supports their deliberations and places fewer controls around the money it approves.
Here is the thing about the government. It thinks it is doing such a good job, but it always refuses to be forthright with the information. It will not tell us how much the carbon tax costs, and it is coming up with this new secretive way of reporting the numbers. If the government thinks it is doing such a good job, why will it not show the numbers so people know and can decide?