Mr. Speaker, the unemployment insurance account is being treated by this government exactly as it was under the previous government. In fact, the innovations brought in by the previous government were the recommendations of the auditor general.
As the hon. member knows, since we have taken office we have in each and every year brought unemployment insurance premiums down. In fact, in the last two years we have brought them down by $1.8 billion. Also, as the hon. member knows, the fact is that when the Conservative government was in power each and every year that it took office it increased those premiums.
The real question that the whole country wants to know is how is the Progressive Conservative Party going to pay for the massive tax cut it has recommended. Is the Conservative Party going to do as Reform and cut health care? Is it going to do as Reform and cut equalization payments?
What social programs is the Conservative Party going to cut in order to pay for its tax reduction? The leader of the Conservative Party owes the Canadian people an answer. When is he going to have the courage to provide it?