Mr. Speaker, first the addition of a $6 billion debt to the country is simply Reform Party arithmetic and has nothing to do with the substance of what happened.
On the question of consultation, if for some reason the member thinks the public is not being given a chance to be heard, I would ask the member why he did not read his House of Commons order book? That order and the description of the consultation process has been on the books for nine months. It is clear to everyone who is a concerned parliamentarian how the process is going to work. I can assure him on behalf of the Minister of Finance that everyone who wants to be heard will be heard. He might also be interested to know that next week when we are in Vancouver it is totally booked.