Mr. Speaker, I will be happy to answer the question.
There are four things about the budget we think are wrong and need to be addressed. There is no plan or priorities for the country any more with regard to deficit and debt reduction. That means we may run the risk not only of making tough decisions but wrong decisions.
The objective of reducing the deficit to 3 per cent of GDP is not good enough. There should be a clearly enunciated objective of balancing the books within a precise timeframe. Three years is a reasonable timeframe.
Third is its unilateral approach in terms of deficit and debt reduction, which is a complete negation of what a federal country is and how it operates. That puts us in the situation in which we well run the risk of the government's shovelling its deficit and debt problem into the yard of New Brunswick. If it chooses to increase taxes, if it chooses to cut service, we are not going anywhere unless there is a joint effort.
The fourth problem is the hidden agenda. Pension reforms, reform for health care as announced by the Prime Minister are not enunciated in these documents, not clearly laid on the table in terms of the agenda of the government in its document.