Mr. Speaker, I just want to sort of pick my hon. colleague's brain a little bit, because I know he has a finance background. He brought up and highlighted in his speech a number of important things that I hear frequently from my constituents too, in particular about the state of our national finances, the sheer amount of interest we are paying on our national debt and how big that national debt is.
The member said that the scandal is a $400-million one, but he highlighted another issue, about the government's latest decisions that are tied to emissions, and what the cost of those is going to mean to Canada's gross domestic product. I just wanted him to clarify whether he said $100 million a day. Maybe I got that number wrong.
How could the Canadian government and Canadians have ultimately benefited from the money that is no longer going to be contributed to our economy?