Mr. Speaker, when the hon. member started his intervention he said he was reflecting on how Canada got to be in the debt situation it finds itself in today. He was somewhat perplexed. He was wondering who had control of the cheque book.
I am a little amazed this member would think the Reform Party would be so naive that we did not know who had control of the cheque book. Does the hon. member recognize the names of MacEachen, Turner and Chrétien who all had control of the cheque book in the seventies and the eighties while this debt was being racked up?
I find it amazing that Liberal members in the House will ask how did Canada get into the situation that it is in today and will start pointing fingers at the Tories and others and not be willing to shoulder the blame themselves, because the blame falls squarely on their shoulders.