Mr. Speaker, members opposite lose no opportunity to distort what Reform says on social programs.
Reform's deficit elimination plan calls for reductions in transfers to provinces and now so does the government's social policy paper. For years Reformers have proposed restoring UI to its original role as a short term insurance support in case of job loss and now so does the government policy paper. For years Reformers have proposed a voucher system for distributing federal education dollars and now so does the government's policy paper.
I ask the minister this: When did the government stop reading its red book and start reading the Reform policy blue book?