Mr. Speaker, we would of course like to congratulate the new Minister of Finance, but we would also like to point out that, just nine years ago, in 2015, he, the Prime Minister and pretty much everyone on that side of the House were elected on a promise to run three small deficits followed by a zero deficit in 2019.
Nine years later, Canada has the worst deficit in our country's history, at $62 billion. How can he look people in the eye and tell them that, yes, the public finances are fine and that, yes, the Liberals are ready for an election?
Will he at least have the courage to ask his leader to call an election so that the people can decide whether the Liberals deserve Canadians' trust?