Mr. Speaker, because I have seen the alternative.
I would ask the members of the Reform Party to take a look at the consequences of their own budget. It is impossible for the Reformers to say that what they want to do is protect old age pensions by reducing the deficit, when their means of getting there are to virtually eliminate the basic foundation for old pensions.
It is impossible for the Reform Party to say that it wants to protect health care when it would erase the transfers that go to protect health care. It is impossible for the Reform Party to say that it wants to reduce taxes when it would pursue an industrial policy that would make it impossible for the country to create jobs.