Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague from Crowfoot.
Our approach quite honestly would be a little different than his approach. If we were to balance the books which are out of line the way the hon. member has proposed we would not have UI changes. We would have a collapse of our social system.
The area that I represent would be devastated. What we have done as a government has changed the direction of government. We will have a deficit of under $40 billion, which is not great but we are on the road to recovery.
If we were to take the path of balancing the books, the people that I represent would have nothing. This government is a compassionate government which cares about people. We have to get our books in order. We are on the path to putting our books in order but we are not going to devastate the Canadians who need our assistance on the way.