Mr. Speaker, before question period a member asked that if we had implemented the Reform's zero in three program, whether would we have zero today.
As I said in my speech, example in countries like New Zealand, provinces like Alberta and states like Massachusetts, Michigan and New Jersey show that exactly the opposite would have happened. We would be talking today about how to spend the surpluses today instead of witnessing the Liberals trying to introduce their new LST, the Liberal super tax.
As I explained in my speech, business has explained how to create jobs. We have to cut the spending, run surpluses and get taxes down so that there is more money in the pockets of consumers so that demand can be increased, which creates new jobs and investment. It has been proven to work all around the world. Cut spending, start running surpluses and the money will flow in through that method.
Surely the member can see that his way simply does not work. Two decades of deficit spending; if it worked we would all have three jobs each by now. Instead we have continuing 10 per cent unemployment.