Mr. Speaker, I am somewhat surprised to hear the Bloc, the opposition, say the same thing over and over. They keep saying that this deficit reduction effort will be at the expense of the disadvantaged, yet they have no positive alternative plan to reduce this deficit we are faced with.
I would have a question for the hon. member. I would like him to suggest some truly specific ways of bringing the deficit down to three per cent of the gross national product, as we have promised to do and the Minister of Finance fully intends to do. I would really like him to tell us how exactly, within our global budget, as relates to social programs in particular, we could manage to streamline this deficit we are struggling with at present.