Mr. Speaker, of course, the budget is going to balance itself. We make fun of Justin Trudeau, but how can we really continue doing that when the new Liberal Prime Minister has a deficit that is 100 times bigger? Did members ever imagine that anyone could outspend Justin Trudeau, that anyone could be more irresponsible than Justin Trudeau?
We wonder, is it sheer incompetence, or is it because the Liberal Prime Minister and the elites around him actually profit off of all of the inflation and the handouts this creates? Members will remember that the CEO of Brookfield said that inflation drives profits for Brookfield. It means that the company can charge higher rent to working-class tenants. It means its stock price goes up. It means its assets go up in price while destroying the working-class people.
At the same time, the money that the Prime Minister is putting on the national credit card is funding corporate welfare and handouts to insiders. While the Liberals lock up all the other small business owners and entrepreneurs, they give special deals to Liberal insiders and powerful elites. That is the economy that they have created. It is an economy for insiders and elites. We want an economy that is bottom-up, free enterprise for every Canadian who works hard, pays their taxes and plays by the rules.