Mr. Speaker, I was rather surprised, if not disappointed, that the hon. member again brought up the issue of the so-called human deficit, as though human deficit means that if governments are not prepared to make the cuts today they are somehow more compassionate than if they make the necessary cuts to be able to protect the ability to fund these programs.
I submit that the government with this budget has gone further to lose the ability to control our currency and we are becoming involved in the international currency casinos, as the hon. member has stated.
Pragmatist that he is, I wonder if he is being realistic in suggesting that Canada, as a bit player in the global world economy, can actually bring about the kind of restructuring he is talking about. Second, what is his position on the so-called Tobin tax, that is, trying to recapture some taxes in the actual exchange of currency around the world?