Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question.
The simple answer is I cannot explain it. I certainly do not agree with it. Obviously the electorate in the last election did not agree with it. As I previously pointed out, they rejected that Reform plan of eliminating the deficit within three years. Anyone could understand that could not be done without creating tremendous hardship. As has been stated previously in the House this evening, there would be blood in the streets if any government attempted to put those kinds of cuts onto the population. That is clearly why that plan was rejected by the electorate in 1993.