Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Prime Minister said that he wanted to debate the issues in the House. Let us debate the issues in the House.
The reality is that 1.5 million Canadians are still unemployed, consumer confidence has plummeted even though we have such low interest rates, and Canadian families have suffered a $3,000 pay cut since 1993. Those are the facts. He knows them, I know them. Canadians are worse off now than when the Liberals took power in 1993.
Since these three years of Liberal economic mismanagement have failed to make a dent in unemployment, consumer confidence or the tax burden, why will the Prime Minister not do this: balance the budget, cut taxes and create real jobs?