Mr. Speaker, something happened in the last Liberal budget.
I think the Liberals tried to mislead just about everyone by making a distinction between operating expenses and capital expenditures. Unfortunately, their ploy did not work, because almost no one in the media or the opposition believed it. Even the Parliamentary Budget Officer said that it was nonsense.
It might have made sense to separate operating expenses from investments, if the investments had been actual investments. Everyone knows that what the Liberals are trying to do in this budget does not make sense.
Will my colleague across the way encourage her caucus members to return to actual rigorous accounting standards, so that people can trust what is tabled in Parliament?