Mr. Speaker, I have noticed that when we are talking about the economy, Liberals are very selective in the facts and the statistics they like to highlight. They say, “Oh, our debt-to-GDP ratio is not as bad as in other countries”, but they they consistently do not mention sub-sovereign debt. To compare apples to apples, they need to include that.
Another thing the Liberals do not like to talk about very much is our lagging productivity metric as compared to that of our trading nations. This is the ability of a country to service its debt and be productive and wealthy. They recognize that it is a problem, because the budget says, for example, “Productivity remains weak, limiting wage gains for workers.” I think this is the fifth or sixth Liberal budget I have listened to, and every time, the Liberals acknowledge that productivity is a problem, but they never do anything about it. Why should Canadians believe them this time?