Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to the comments made by the hon. member for Broadview-Greenwood, and I realize that they are not different from those made by other hon. members who debated the budgets tabled in the last 30 years: reassure investors; reassure the big banks; reassure everyone except the Canadian voters, taxpayers and workers.
We remember their red book slogan. Strangely enough, they do not quote the red book as they usually do. Every time we put a question to the people opposite, they reply that it was in the red book.
You will note that, since the budget was tabled, they tend to ignore the red book more often than not. Their rallying cry in 1993 was "jobs, jobs, jobs". In Quebec and across Canada the Prime Minister repeated one single slogan: "jobs, jobs, jobs". I saw him do just that in answer to a few questions during the leaders' debate. Whether the question had to do with turbot or ski slopes, his answer was always the same: "jobs, jobs, jobs".
What does the famous budget that was tabled recently have to say about "jobs, jobs, jobs"? Nothing at all. They reassured everyone. They reassured investors and foreign markets-that is very important. However, the 29 million Canadians needing to be reassured are never mentioned. Therefore, I wish to ask him what he is doing to create jobs?