With regard to the program expenditure projections, it is fair to recall that this government, in the first several years for which it would be fair to hold them responsible for the nation's finances, was increasing program expenditures at a rate considerably in excess of the rate of growth of the economy, the rate of growth of their revenues and the rate of growth of inflation, and this was before the international financial crisis hit.
En ce qui concerne les projections des dépenses de programme, il est juste de rappeler que le gouvernement, dans les premières années où il était normal de le tenir responsable des finances nationales, a augmenté les dépenses de programme à un rythme bien supérieur à celui de la croissance des revenus et de l'inflation, et c'était avant que ne frappe la crise financière internationale.