Mr. Minister, in your present approach to the management of the fund, your main concern is to limit contributions as much as you can. Are you not afraid that you may take too much out of the fund that is intended to provide workers with benefits? That would be the same as the situation at the beginning of the 1990s when you were in power. It subsequently allowed the Liberals to use the money for other purposes each time they increased premiums. Are you not worried about that? My impression is that the philosophy is the same as when you reduced the GST. Your plan is to deprive the next government of as much money as possible for their programs, but most of all for paying benefits.
On May 27th, 2008. See this statement in context.