Mr. Speaker, I want to quickly wish the great constituents of Souris—Moose Mountain a very merry Christmas and a happy Hanukkah as we go forward, and I wish the same to you as well, Mr. Speaker.
My hon. colleague from Niagara Falls gave an excellent speech, and I appreciate that. He did hit the nail on the head on the issue of the reality of $400 million. When we reflect on what has transpired today and what the former finance minister said were “costly political gimmicks”, I am wondering whether the member might comment on whether he sees any correlation between the costly political gimmicks and what has happened with the $400 million that has all of a sudden disappeared?