My cheek is bulging. I said that with my tongue in my cheek. What Mr. Klein is doing is a typical Conservative or perhaps Reform approach to the world. We will see how that works out in the next few months.
We tried a different approach in British Columbia. We tried what I would call the real New Democrat approach of can we bring that deficit under control without emasculating the social programs. Yes, we have. As a matter of fact I do not think there is an economist in Canada who can say that is not taking place. Anybody who understands the financial markets would say it is not taking place.
To be fair, it is not only because of Mike Harcourt and the New Democrats. There are other reasons but I just wanted to make the point because hardly anybody ever makes it these days so I felt some obligation to raise it in the House.