Mr. Speaker, the hon. member has referred to a statement made in Vancouver. Just for the record, I would like to read it out to him because he obviously does not understand it. I said: "Obviously we will be listening to the public and obviously I have had many meetings with groups of Canadians on tax matters, but Mr. Martin's approach to the budget will not be altered simply by protests here or there. He has objectives he must meet".
Again I repeat to the hon. member that he cannot blow and suck at the same time. Either he is in favour of reducing the expenditures of the government and meeting our deficit targets or he is not. He cannot keep saying that we must give in to every protest that might come along either on one side or the other.