I thank the member for the question.
The member is advocating more spending now in the current environment. That actually is the problem in Europe: too much spending and accumulated deficits. It's exactly what we should not do if we want to maintain the fundamental fiscal health that we have in Canada. Needless to say, it's the fundamental problem in the United States. Spending has gone out of control, and accumulated deficits have resulted in an unwieldy public debt. That, in my view, is precisely the wrong direction to go.
It was the right direction to go in the economic action plan back in 2009 when the world economy was in a recession and we had to do some major infrastructure spending in Canada. The NDP, the member's party, voted against those initiatives back in 2009. It was wrong then, and I dare say it's wrong now, when they advocate more spending at a time when we need to keep our economic house in order in Canada.