Mr. Speaker, I was quoting from the report of the Minister of Finance that there were some changes and some fixing of the numbers in 1994.
While we listen to the daily drivel of the government of how it cuts costs and is trying to create jobs, using his actual numbers tax collections were up $7.3 billion and the deficit has only come down by $4.5 billion.
Therefore would he acknowledge that he is reducing the deficit on the backs of taxpayers, not by cutting spending, and that increased taxation kills jobs? It does not create jobs as he talked about earlier today.