Madam Speaker, I have quite a number of questions but in the interests of brevity I will limit them to one or two.
The hon. member for Edmonton East put a lot of emphasis on fairness in transfers to the provinces and individuals as part of the government's responsibility of ensuring they have a standard of living we can respect.
One of the biggest transfers we now have is the $50 billion we transfer to lenders; not to poor people, not to old people, not to young people, not to those who need an education, but to rich lenders around the world. In a survey 41 per cent of Canadians said the deficit was not being cut fast enough in order to eliminate the growth in that transfer so that money is available to Canadians.
What does the member propose since the Minister of Finance has been far too slow in getting the deficit down?