Mr. Speaker, the Parliamentary Budget Officer rang the alarm on Friday. He told Canadians there is just a “7.5% chance” the Prime Minister will meet his own fiscal promise. The Liberals have twisted the definition so badly that he now recommends an independent expert body to police the numbers as he has uncovered a $94-billion reallocation in the budget. What is the Liberals' response? It is not a correction, but an effort to silence the watchdog and replace the referee, rather than play by the rules.
Will the Prime Minister tell Canadians why anyone should trust his fiscal rules when he has no intention of keeping them?