Mr. Speaker, it is one of the most fundamentally imperative jobs of the House of Commons to hold the government to account for the spending it is going to undertake. Right now the government thinks it is going to have a blank cheque for the next year, so it has to put its election promise on the table. However, now it is not actually being accountable at all, as 150 days from the time the government actually got elected to the time it is going to pay is far too long for Canadians to know what to expect in their finances going forward.
In the House of Commons on May 29th, 2025. See this statement in context.