Madam Speaker, I have a question for the hon. member who just spoke. He talked about how the Liberal budget will do a wonderful job and how it will solve the problem in terms of the present fiscal situation.
How will the hon. member explain to his constituents the loss of jobs, increased and continued high interest rates and eventually the lost social programs that will result from the inactivity of the government?
Let me refer to the interest costs on the debt that have increased from $39 billion from the time the government took office. They will be $51 billion, just the interest payments on the federal debt, by the end of the three-year budget period.
How will the hon. member explain this to the people in his riding who are looking for jobs, looking for relief from high interest rates on their mortgages, and looking for security in social programs?