Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to my colleague's speech, and I would like to hear what he has to say about the record deficit that the current Liberal government is forcing on us. The member says that this an intergenerational budget, but I would say it is more of an intergenerational disaster. We are talking about a $78-billion deficit. Justin Trudeau seems positively frugal compared to the current Prime Minister, the expert banker, who is driving us further into deficit.
There is another equally serious matter: The member is saying that $45 billion of the $78 billion is investment. According to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the way the government put this budget together with this creative new accounting means that these are not real investments, and that means that we are not being told the real truth about the budget.
I would like my colleague to tell me what he thinks about this deficit and how the government is using creative accounting to its advantage.