In this particular case, the money all went to pay down the debt, as I understand it--all of those particular cuts. But I can say that on the other hand there have been hundreds of millions of new dollars invested in programs that in fact benefit Canadians in a very direct and real way. For example, my friend Mr. Bagnell talks about the aboriginal report that they did absolutely nothing with. Actually, I would prefer to see housing for off-reserve aboriginals, to which our government added more money, and on-reserve housing, for example. Those are real things that I think aboriginals actually want, rather than producing a report that has gathered dust now for I don't know how many years.
So it's a bit of a difference. The Liberals want to spend money on reports that they never used and never responded to; we want to take that money and spend it on real programs that make the difference in the life of a community, whether it's aboriginal or non-aboriginal.