Mr. Speaker, today is budget day. It is a parliamentary tradition for the details of the budget to be kept under wraps until it is read by the Minister of Finance in the House. It is even a legal obligation to prevent the disclosure of privileged information. This morning we learned that the member for Burnaby South and unofficial deputy prime minister of the NDP‑Liberal government received a briefing on the content of the budget.
When did this briefing take place? Who was there? Did the members of the NDP branch of the government swear an oath of confidentiality on the secret information they received?