Madam Speaker, I listened with interest to my friend's version of the new trickle down theory. He elaborated so much that it became a river flow for a while.
It has always intrigued me how the Reform party-and I say this with all respect because I believe it is serious when it makes these proposals-believes that somehow if we reward the rich and the wealthy the benefits will eventually trickle down to regular folks. I want to say to my friends in the Reform party that Canadians are fed up with being trickled on. For years and years there has been this trickle down approach, first from the Tories and now from the Liberals with the encouragement from my friends in the Reform party.
I listened carefully to my hon. friend's presentation today. The impression he leaves is the country with the least amount of government is the best country. By that definition countries such as Africa would be booming in terms of their economies and things would be great.
The fundamental reason we are the number one place out of 192 countries in the world in which to live and raise a family is government programs of all sorts.
What country in the world would he hold up as a model of his approach; in other words, an example of less government, fewer social programs?