Mr. Speaker, actually I do not need to check with my party. What I said today I got from my party. I think people have not been listening or have not been hearing. We promote tax fairness. We promote reduction of taxes by reducing government expenditures.
There is an important assumption that we must challenge. I believe both members of the Bloc and the Liberals go on the assumption that if the government does not fund it then it will not be done.
If the member were to examine our proposals in detail, he would find that working people are much better off under our proposals than they are under this one. We reject the supposition that it is efficient to send half of our money to Ottawa and there allow politicians and bureaucrats to divide it up and decide who is eligible to get it back.
We are saying that we need to bring back the sense of independence and self-sufficiency which is ultimately best for everyone, particularly the working class.