The Liberals have been spending the last 2 days in the House of Commons debating the budget bill, the legislation that, once passed, can trigger billions in new spending and tax cuts aimed at reviving the economy.
Last week, the NDP kicked the bill around the Commons finance committee.
The Conservatives have been loudly demanding that the opposition stop the delays and pass the budget.
To which Liberal finance critic John McCallum just said, in the House of Commons a few minutes ago, “It'll be passed in plenty of time!”
That's because the budget bill affects the federal government's next fiscal year which doesn't begin until April 1.
So even if MPs passed the budget today, it would not come into effect until the end of the month.