Mr. Speaker, it is amazing. The budget of the Minister of Finance is so good that opposition members are starting to switch from the question of the deficit per se to the human deficit.
Members of the Reform Party are very displeased with the result. They are displeased because we said in 1993 we would meet the target of deficit reduction and we did so. We did so in making sure we reached 3 per cent of GDP.
With respect to taking care of people, three years ago we launched the reform of the social safety net to ensure that once people have access to the benefits of the social safety net they will be able to access a very active program in order to ensure Canadians will return to the workplace as soon as possible.
Since 1993 we have created more than 500,000 new jobs. I must tell the Reform members that we will keep on working with the private sector and people in the communities at the local level to create more jobs. We will make sure that our small enterprises have the same access to the international market all over the world. We will then be able to create jobs with a responsible government.