Mr. Speaker, under those circumstances it is quite clear that I will have to change my definition of an extremist.
Whether it be a $4 billion tax cut or whether it be as the Reform has suggested a $15 billion to $20 billion tax cut, the fact is that one has to pay for it. The issue is not whether one would like to see a tax cut. There is nobody in this House who would not like to see a tax cut. The question is: What programs would have to be cut, would have to be given up, in order to pay for that tax cut?
The government is not prepared to see health care impaired. The government is not prepared to see old age pensions impaired. This government is going to stand behind the basic social fabric of the nation and under those circumstances, we will stay the course.