The hon. member says that this is not a business. But Canadians are saying they want government to use common sense principles like the average person uses in Canadian society, whether it is in a business or whether it is when they are working out their family budget at home. These things have to be prioritized and then everything else should be put on the table.
What the Reform Party has been saying is the items which should be saved and protected for all Canadians are things like the federal funding for the health care system, federal funding for the Canada pension plan and for old age security where it is directed to those people who are most in need. We are saying that funding should be maintained for those areas and possibly more if need be. We are saying that education funding is a priority in this country.
There are about three or four items on the balance sheet that pertain particularly to things that should be saved. On the other side are the things that should be cut. Those things are the things we are talking about that are on the table.