Mr. Speaker, that excellent question gives me an opportunity to salute the important work the Parliamentary Budget Officer is doing. He has illustrated how the government has been fudging the numbers. Sadly, when one fudges around, one is going to find out. There are going to be negative consequences from the fudging of numbers.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer is now being targeted by the government because of his work. We should be giving him the mandate and the independence to do the work he needs to do, exposing the abuses of the government.