Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Finance is taking every opportunity to tell us that the budget invests $115 billion in infrastructure. When we actually look at the new funding, the budget lines indicate $9 billion, not $115 billion.
The Quebec finance department, which is assessing the new amounts, estimated that to be $22 billion over 10 years.
Of the $9 billion over five years that we calculated, $5 billion is for hospital infrastructure. That leaves $4 billion over five years from coast to coast to coast.
Can my colleague explain to me why the Minister of Finance is telling Canadians that there is $115 billion in new money for infrastructure when the real figure is $9 billion?
Does she not find that the Minister of Finance sometimes has a difficult relationship with the truth?