Mr. Speaker, I differ with the hon. member's interpretation of things. If we look at pollster after pollster who talks to Canadians, they come back each and every time and demonstrate confidence not only in the government but in the Prime Minister. The member is right that more work needs to be done, but 650,000 new jobs were created.
He went on to talk about nothing being done on the deficit. Indeed the deficit is coming down by $25 billion. Then he said that we cannot count new revenue coming in; that is not allowed. He ought to talk to the finance critic in his party who puts together its budgetary plan which calls for over $20 billion of new revenue to come into the government.
Maybe he would want to talk to his finance critic if he does not accept the fact that economic growth is one of the ways to bring down the deficit. Perhaps he wants to be like all the other Reformers who feel the only way to do it is to slash and burn and take away from the most needy Canadians. A balanced approach does things: economic growth along with sound fiscal management.