Mr. Speaker, I listened with attention to the proposals of the member across the way.
It seems to me it is the Reform Party that is divided all over the map. The leader of the Reform Party is in Washington trying to distance himself a little from the right wing agenda. Meanwhile, Reform minions in Ottawa are still talking about the old agenda prior to his departure to Washington where he had somewhat of a conversion although we are not holding our breath in that regard.
I want to ask a question of the member under whose name that motion is today about the registered personal security plans that that party is offering as an alternative to Canadian social programs.
Does she not think there is something deficient in social programs where we do not have the advantages of pooled risk that we have when society as a whole takes care of social programs?
We cannot put money away unless we have money to start with. Our RRSPs are a form of tax shelter. In order to have a tax shelter, we must have money to shelter away to start with.
For people who do not have that, does the hon. member feel they should be condemned to a life of poverty? Does she not think as I do that instead we should have programs to enable people to have better futures, to enable people regardless of their socioeconomic background to improve in life?
Not all of us were born with gold spoons in our mouths.