Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask my colleague how, considering our job description, we are supposed to be able do our work when the government is so lacking in transparency when it comes to being accountable.
Before the election, he gave the Minister of Finance a mandate to prepare a budget. Before and during the election, it was ready. There was no issue. Now, after the election, the government is not sure it will be able to table a budget. However, the Prime Minister put on a big show during a meeting, and now it seems tax cuts will be rolled out by edict, as if that is how things work in Canada. The House of Commons must take a stand on this. This is not the Oval Office in the White House.
No one is going to turn down apple pie, but how can we do our job, question the government and demand accountability regarding these tax cuts when we have no idea what the budgetary framework is?