Mr. Speaker, I would like to respond to the remarks made by my colleague across the way.
We hear from these Liberal members today about how essential it is for government to be involved in the economy and how if we can do things just a little better, if government can just get it right, things will get better in Canada.
We hear about complexity and we hear about the wider economic reality as if these were some buzz phrases that meant that government has to stay involved in the economy. I would suggest that we have had 25 or 30 years of government involved in the economy, trying to direct the economy, trying to drive us to where it would like us to be and it has failed miserably.
There is a model right now for government to emulate and that is Mr. Klein's government in Alberta. Mr. Klein has done some very courageous things starting with the elimination of the MLA's pension plan and a reduction of the MLA's remuneration. He has demonstrated leadership at the top.
Then he has gone on from there to make across the board cuts, major cuts in his government's spending. The reality of that is that Alberta is creating jobs. It is instilling investor confidence and it is showing the people in Alberta that it is serious about reducing its debt and its deficit.
Would the member across the way not agree that is the model for this government to be following rather than to be following the tired old ideas that have not worked and will continue not to work if this government continues on its present course of action?