Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister continually blames the opposition and sovereigntists for all economic woes, for the poor labour market and the sorry state of the nation's finances. The finance minister's irresponsible statements, erroneous forecasts concerning the 1993-94 deficit and anemic budget have had a major, very negative, costly impact on the economy and on financing Canada's public debt.
Does the Prime Minister not agree that the irresponsible statements of his Minister of Finance and his budget's lack of credibility are the real reasons that Canadian interest rates are higher than American rates and that since his budget was tabled, this differential has cost Quebecers and Canadians thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars?