Mr. Speaker, I see that the Liberals have one more member of their olympic low hurdles team thinking that 3 per cent is just fine.
I listened with great interest to most of the dissertation of the hon. member for St. Paul's. A good deal of what he said about what the legitimate role of government should really be would find favour on all sides of the House as we are searching around now with yet another study to find out what the legitimate role of government should really be.
The reality was however that it was 10 minutes of platitudes disavowing 35 years of Liberal history. That is the route. That is the reality. It was 10 minutes of platitudes disavowing 35 years of Liberal mismanagement of the economy that got us into this mess.
My question to the hon. member for St. Paul's is this. After nine years in opposition, one year in government, is it not time that the government came out with specific responses to specific problems rather than yet another consultation? Does the hon. member opposite consider it the legitimate role of government to pick winners and losers in the marketplace? This is a very simple question. Is it the legitimate role of government to pick winners and losers?