Mr. Speaker, today's motion contains some things that we agree on, and some things that we agree on less. What we most agree on is our impression that there is no one at the controls, that the government has lost control of public finances.
I am going to cite a few figures about the deficit since last December. It all started a long time ago, but I am going to talk about events over this brief period of time. The finance minister resigned in December 2024 because she was about to present an economic statement that included a $42-billion deficit. The Liberal Party's platform in the last election mentioned a $62-billion deficit. The Parliamentary Budget Officer talked about a $68-billion deficit. Right now, according to the C.D. Howe Institute, we are headed for a $100-billion deficit.
How can we continue to forfeit revenues with such alarming figures to contend with?