Mr. Speaker, I have had several opportunities on the finance committee and elsewhere to tell witnesses the truth about the welfare program budget cuts that our party is recommending. There is no truth whatsoever to the allegation that we would not protect the truly needy in our society.
The OECD is a highly respected international organization of which Canada is a full standing member and has to approve its reports. It has said that Canada is an outstanding example of excessive generosity in welfare programs.
We are not talking about hitting the poor in this world and it is an untruth being told and repeated again and again here. We are talking about retargeting all the excessive spending that is going on. That is the truth. The rest is slandering.