Mr. Speaker, the definition of a deficit is the difference between incomes and expenditures. My position, and I believe my party's position, is that we can increase our revenues. Government obtains revenue from taxation. The problem is we do not have enough people paying taxes because of the unemployment rate.
The measures being implemented through the red book program and through the budget are designed to get more people employed so that we can broaden the tax base, have more people paying taxes, not people paying more taxes. That is the object of the budget.