Madam Speaker, there are so many issues and so little time.
I smelled the distinct odour of Liberal arrogance when the member was boasting about their standing in the polls. I remind the hon. member that the Conservatives were very high in the polls the summer before the last election and they ended up with two seats.
The member mentioned a number of issues. He pointed out that the deficit has fallen by $25 billion. Will he also acknowledge that revenues for the government have gone up by exactly $25 billion and that $10.5 billion of that has come from new taxes?
When the member was talking about how difficult it was for him and his colleagues to cut social programs, he did not mention how easy it was for them to vote themselves a very fat MP pension. A very fat one. They are cutting seniors benefits and benefits to people in Atlantic Canada, but I note he forgot to mention how much money he had given himself in the form of a huge MP pension. That was noticeable by its absence.
Will the member acknowledge that when the debate was going on about my leader's $30,000 receiptable expense allowance, the newspaper accounts also pointed out that his leader received $400,000 a year from the party, absolutely unreceiptable in the form of an entertainment allowance? Will he acknowledge that the empties from that entertainment allowance would be more than enough to make most people happy?