Once again, Mr. Speaker, the Reform Party has a lot of difficulty with mathematics.
Essentially the expenditure increases are increasing at a decreasing rate. This is the first time that has happened. The last two budgets that the government has been involved in it has actually met its targets. It is the first time that I can remember in my lifetime when not only did it meet its budget targets but actually exceeded them by $4 billion. This is a success story, not a failure.
Reform members want to go back and study history. I think this is what is wrong with them, they are not forward looking. They do not understand how we are to solve these problems because they keep looking back in the past.