Mr. Speaker, I will briefly conclude my answer.
The hon. member opposite continues to perpetuate the myth, the fairy tale, that there would be fewer poor people if we continued having more and more big government programs and big government bureaucracy.
If we borrow money year after year we will be driving our children into the poor house. Who does he think pays for big government? It is the poor people of Canada who right now are being driven into the poor house to pay for it. The government keeps saying that Canadians need to have fairer taxes. All that does is raise the taxes of everyone. The government has raised the taxes for the poor, for the hard working, for the labourers of Canada.
The people of Canada are not being fooled by all of this. This is simply a fairy tale, a myth, which the government is perpetuating, that it is kinder, gentler and more compassionate. In fact, the most cruel thing it can do is to continue to borrow more money so that Canadians have to pay more interest and continue to impoverish the people. We are borrowing from the poor to give to the rich. That is the point I want to make.