When Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne appeared before the House of Commons finance committee this week, Conservative MP Pat Kelly attempted to corner him with a complicated question disguised as a simple one.
“Minister, what year will the budget be balanced?” Kelly asked.
Champagne spoke a few dozen words in response, but failed to answer, so Kelly tried again. And then again. The discussion devolved into a debate about the existential nature of an answer.
Should be a fun budget.
