Mr. Speaker, $40 billion was a guardrail set by the Liberal finance minister. Listen to this: “not an unlimited pot”, “need to show fiscal restraint”, and “if...we have a $40-billion guardrail...stay [there]”. That is not Stephen Harper; it is Liberal members of Parliament.
If the deficit is over the $40-billion guardrail, will the Prime Minister allow a free vote for his NDP-Liberals?