“Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have fittingly titled their new fiscal approach as though it is the next instalment of the Marvel universe. For over a decade now, Liberals have self-identified as heroes, unbound by the laws of physics or economics, and nothing is real. A former Liberal hero once made the fantastical claim that budgets would balance themselves. Now, in this fourth instalment, “masters of deception”, the Liberals’ newest star, surrounded by the same old supporting cast, is using his cloaking superpower to render his gargantuan deficits invisible to the common eye. Can anyone over there distinguish fantasy from reality anymore?”
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Mr. Speaker, Aside · 12 wordsI thank the member for that tour through the Conservative cinematic universe, AsideProcedure · 9 wordsbut let us get back to the facts here.ProcedureClaims · 69 wordsThe reality is we have seen in our home province of Alberta an increase of 40,000 jobs since the start of the year.1Unearned certaintyWe are seeing debt servicing at low levels internationally.Our deficit is the second lowest in the G7, 2.5% compared to the U.S.’s 8.5%.2We are on track to meet the targets we said we were going to meet a year ahead of schedule, in fact.
