Mr. Speaker, this is a minority government. If the government wants its budget to pass, it will have to negotiate with someone. At this morning's scrum, the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons confirmed that he is talking with the opposition parties, just not negotiating. He said it himself. He does not even call that negotiating.
He says that the opposition's requests regarding principles are a non-starter. In short, he is willing to talk but not negotiate. He will talk, he will chat, but that is it.
Does he really want his budget to pass, or does he just want to trigger a Christmas election?