I would like to congratulate the member for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, in particular for his demonstration. With the means available to him, which are far from what the government has at its disposal, he has always succeeded in forecasting as precisely as possible, more precisely than the Minister of Finance in any case, the size of the surplus.
Je veux féliciter le député de Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, notamment dans sa démonstration où, avec les moyens du bord et non avec les moyens gouvernementaux, il a toujours réussi à prévoir le plus précisément possible, en tous cas plus que le ministre des Finances, la question des surplus.