Mr. Speaker, I appreciated the comments from the hon. friend across the way and I will ask her a couple of questions.
The fact that she said it was our second budget, it was our third, so I am a little bit worried about the financial acumen on that side of the House. However, she said that we turned a blind eye to the manufacturing industry.
First, what I find interesting about that comment is back in 1997-98, when the Liberals started running these huge surpluses, why did they not get out in front and be proactive for those industries by reducing taxes and giving them breaks like the accelerated capital cost allowance so they would be in a better position today than they are? They could have been out in front of that.
Second, how can the member say that a surplus represents that people are overtaxed? How can she say that giving money back to people is blowing the surplus?