Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister introduced his first budget, much more costly than Canadians had anticipated. A $78-billion deficit is a high hurdle to get over, but the fiscal year is not final yet, and the government has never set a spending target it has not blown past. Do not worry; there is more debt ahead.
The next five years of forecast deficits have doubled under the Prime Minister, and I will correct the Prime Minister, because 10 years ago under the last Conservative administration, debt servicing was $28 billion and going down. It is now $55 billion and going up.
Why is the Prime Minister choosing to ignore the inflation he is causing, and driving up costs for Canadians?