Madam Speaker, the member indicated that her government is concerned about maintaining social programs into the future. She is concerned particularly about maintaining pensions.
If that is the case, why does her government continue to increase the amount of money spent on interest payments on the debt from $38 billion to about $50 billion since it has come into power? Why did her government leave in place a pension plan that is totally out of line with what is acceptable to Canadians? If the government was serious about maintaining social programs and pensions, it would not have left in place the pension plan that it has.
How can Canadians believe that her government is really, truly concerned about the future of social programs when its actions say otherwise?