Mr. Speaker, the reaction I have been getting on the talk shows I have been doing today is that people are saying that 10 cents, 20 cents, 30 cents, 40 cents out of every dollar they are sending to the government is going to pay the interest on the debt. That is money that cannot go to hospitals, universities and jobs.
How does the finance minister have the nerve to say he has addressed Canadians' anxieties about hope and vision over the future of medicare, CPP and other social programs when interest payments remain the largest single government expenditure?