Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Prime Minister made a commitment that there would be spending cuts in addition to those already contained in the budget. My line of questioning today is to try to find out from the other ministers who must have been a part of that decision precisely what those cuts are going to be.
The Prime Minister has not allowed the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development to answer, so I would like to direct my question to another minister.
I would like to ask the Minister of Industry what additional spending reductions he is contemplating in his $2.7 billion departmental budget in order to further reduce the deficit as committed to by the Prime Minister.