Mr. Speaker, I was quite happy to see the hon. member for Sherbrooke here because I wanted to discern his party's position relative to the budget. I was a little disappointed last week when his colleague from Saint John supported the Reform motion calling for the elimination of the deficit within the time of this Parliament.
I did not discern in his speech where he was going in terms of whether it was too tough or not tough enough. Before the last election he proposed the position that the federal government had to work with the provinces to come up with a joint strategy. Do I assume that is no longer the position? Certainly that was indicated last week.
Does the member for Sherbrooke share his colleague's position that the Government of Canada should eliminate the deficit inside this Parliament?