Well, in Canada, we didn't have to bail out the banks as much as other countries, but in Canada the auto sector and other sectors did receive federal support. Also, the bulk of the stimulus spending went to infrastructure, which is important, but relative to other countries, very little of it went to direct investment in green energy, which would actually produce more jobs than some of the things that we did put it into. Also, very little went to helping people cope with the downturn.
So now that we're hopefully moving out of a recession, the poor, who really did not get much help, in Canada or globally, now shouldn't be the ones to bear an unfair burden of cuts to social programs or cuts to development aid. It's simply not fair when they didn't get much help to begin with and now are being asked to bear an unfair burden.