Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Human Resources Development and concerns his speech this morning.
In his speech, he received much applause from his caucus colleagues when he stated that his planned "redesign" of social policy is not a code word for "cutting costs".
Given that social programs take up the bulk of total program spending, how does the minister expect his government to reduce the deficit to 3 per cent of national income promised in the red book without cutting the costs of social spending?