Madam Speaker, unfortunately the Conservatives never had that sort of a principle when they were actually in government.
Talking about disinformation, I will use this as an example. The speaker who spoke before the member made reference to my using the example of Japan with respect to deficits. I referred to G7 countries like Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom and France, and I talked about Canada's deficit-to-GDP ratio. I reflected also on the overall debt. We are doing outstandingly well. We are number one in one category and number two in another category.
If we reflect on Stephen Harper and when the member's current leader sat in Harper's Conservative caucus, and if we look at real dollars, the deficit then was higher than it is today.
I wonder if the member would not recognize that the false argument the Conservatives are putting forward to justify their desire for an election is just that, just one of the many things they continuously mislead Canadians about.