Mr. Speaker, during the 2025 election campaign, the Prime Minister presented himself as a rigorous economist.
Today, Emmanuelle Latraverse of the Journal de Montréal clearly stated—as we all do, for that matter—that he is far more of a Liberal politician than an economist. In his budget update, he is increasing spending, he has no plan to balance the budget and he is setting us up for years of deficits. An economist would have imposed discipline. He, on the other hand, is currently expanding programs and putting off difficult decisions.
Why is the Prime Minister acting like a spendthrift Liberal rather than the serious manager he claimed to be before Canadians?