Mr. Speaker, all I am seeing from the Liberals is pointing here and pointing there. They are not pointing to themselves. That is where they need to be pointing. They blame it on COVID. That was worldwide. They blame it on the Ukraine war. Those impacts are felt worldwide. Why is it that Canada's standard of living is declining compared to the rest of the developed nations'? It is because of the Liberals and their policies.
I keep hearing about the generational budget from that side. Is it because the Liberals' deficit and the accumulated debt are going to be passed on to the next generation? Is it because the debt they have accumulated will be going on generation after generation? That is what I hear when I hear “generational budget”.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer told the committee, “It's not a funny fiscal outlook. It's a really serious fiscal outlook. We don't lightly use the word ‘unsustainable’.” He said we do not have a couple of years. He is sounding the alarm, and the Liberals are not hearing it. They have earplugs—