Mr. Speaker, it is not hard to put together a budget. It is a matter of determining where the revenue will come from, where it will be spent and how much is in the account. That is essentially what it boils down to. What will the government spend money on? We have heard quite a lot about that. The Liberals told us about it during the election campaign and in the Speech from the Throne. What will the government's revenue sources be? We know that the government is going to cut taxes, so there will be less revenue coming in.
However, we do not know anything about the state of the government's finances. I think that after 10 years, and given that the Minister of Finance has been here for three months, we should have that figure. We all remember the fiasco in December when the former Minister of Finance resigned. We already had a $50‑billion deficit at that time.
I would like to throw out a number based on the rule of three: Have we reached about $75 billion in debt?