Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the comparison, but I did not hear an answer in all of that. In last year's fall economic statement, the budget deficit was $62 billion. A deficit of $62 billion was so embarrassing that the finance minister had to resign that morning rather than deliver the bad news.
I will ask the current finance minister again, how much is this year's budget deficit, and how high does it have to be before he resigns from embarrassment?