Mr. Speaker, let us be clear. We are trying to ensure that we balance the operating budget. We have done that. I did that for six budgets during my time when I was the minister of finance for the Province of Ontario. We balanced the books. We took advantage of low-cost interest to invest in infrastructure projects. We incited foreign direct investment and partnerships with the private sector, to enable some of those infrastructure programs to occur and grow the economy. That is how we were able not only to receive more funding and more receipts and more revenue, but also to control spending effectively by being more competitive as we went forward. That is how we balanced it, and I believe that is exactly how we should move forward in this Parliament as well.
In the House of Commons on May 29th, 2025. See this statement in context.