Mr. Speaker, in 1984, when I ran for the Conservatives, we talked about three things: decentralization of government, spending cuts and national reconciliation. I would like to say to the leader of the Reform Party that, as of June 1990, none of that had happened.
National reconciliation had just fallen through. There were no cuts; they were spending more. As for the decentralization of power and of government management, they continued to centralize more in Ottawa, as the Liberals had done. I think that is the main reason for the deficit and the national debt and that is why I resigned.
I would like to know the position of the leader of the Reform Party on this. Does he think that a big decentralization, giving much more power to the provinces, would lead to better manage-
ment and more efficiency, so that expenditures would be lower and the economy would grow more?