Mr. Speaker, in the fall, the Prime Minister said there would be no recession and no deficit while the Parliamentary Budget Officer projected two years of deficits.
\nIn January, the government had a $34 billion deficit, but the PBO was saying it would be much higher. In May, the finance minister admitted he would break the record with the largest deficit in Canadian history: $50 billion.
\nTime and time again, Kevin Page has been right when the finance minister has been wrong. Talk about envy.
\nNow Mr. Page says that the finance minister will have to raise taxes or cut government spending radically. Which is it?
", "fr": "Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, l'automne dernier, le premier ministre a affirm\u00e9 qu'il n'y aurait pas de r\u00e9cession ni de d\u00e9ficit, alors que le directeur parlementaire du budget pr\u00e9voyait deux ann\u00e9es de d\u00e9ficit.
\nEn janvier, le gouvernement a annonc\u00e9 qu'il y aurait un d\u00e9ficit de 34 milliards de dollars, mais le DPB se disait convaincu que le d\u00e9ficit serait beaucoup plus \u00e9lev\u00e9. En mai, le ministre des Finances a admis qu'il battrait le record et enregistrerait le plus important d\u00e9ficit de toute l'histoire du Canada, soit 50 milliards de dollars.
\n\u00c0 chaque fois, Kevin Page a eu raison et le ministre des Finances \u00e0 eu tort. Il y a de quoi \u00eatre envieux.
\nEt maintenant, M. Page affirme que le ministre des Finances devra augmenter les imp\u00f4ts ou r\u00e9duire radicalement les d\u00e9penses du gouvernement. Que choisira-t-il?
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