Mr. Speaker, how can we believe the new Minister of Finance when just yesterday, during an interview, he could not even put a number to the country's current debt? We have a long way to go.
The former minister of finance saw things clearly. What she said in her letter yesterday was very important:
That means keeping our fiscal powder dry today, so we have the reserves we may need for a coming tariff war. That means eschewing costly political gimmicks, which we can ill afford and which make Canadians doubt that we recognize the gravity of the moment.
That was the former finance minister's message to the Prime Minister. He never listens. He listens to no one. Let the government call an election now.