That is hardly a balanced approach, Mr. Speaker. They offered 29 new spending initiatives in the throne speech.
As usual Canadian people are a way ahead of the government. They understand how vulnerable we are with this $600 billion debt. They understand that rising interest costs will eat the heart out of social programs and remove our ability to start to reduce taxes.
Will the government make a firm commitment today to devote at least half of all surpluses to debt reduction?