Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his comments. It is unfortunate we have to take a serious matter such as government financing where we are all trying to find solutions to Canada's debt problems and turn it into a political charade.
The reality is all western countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, all OECD countries, during this same period of time ran significant deficits. It is not a unique Canadian problem. It is not related particularly to the Liberal Party, the Tories or anybody else. It was a symptom that occurred in North America and Europe, in fact, in most western countries.
I am trying to find out why it happened so it is not repeated. That is enough of an acknowledgement. The reality is we cannot talk about the past forever. We have to get on with the future, which is what the government is trying to do. It has a very good plan and it should be supported.