Mr. Speaker, it is interesting listening to the member opposite talk about their strategic approach. I think I stand for all of the opposition parties when we ask the government to show Canadians what its plan is. We have yet to see it. We have yet to hear any actual questions answered.
Earlier this morning, the Minister of Finance stood and said that indeed, the Conservative government left this country in a state of flux.
The document I am looking at right now, the “Fiscal Monitor”, which is a publication of the Department of Finance, states that as of November 2015, there was a budgetary surplus of $1 billion.
My question for the member opposite is this: Did the Minister of Finance just misread his cue cards?