Mr. Speaker, if there is one thing my colleague and I agree on, it is the mismanagement of public finances. That is clear.
The government is being led by someone who presented himself as the great banker-in-chief during the last election campaign. He boasted about being able to control public finances. What we saw, however, was someone who deprived the government of revenue by lowering taxes and forgoing revenues from GAFAM. He turned down revenue while announcing investments. The upshot is that he is dragging his feet on tabling a budget, and the figures we are hearing make no sense. People are talking about a nearly $100‑billion deficit. Who knows what we are headed for on November 4.
How can the government ask people to tighten their belts or expect the middle class to struggle while neglecting public finances?