Mr. Speaker, when the hon. member for Gander-Grand Falls earlier in his presentation quoted from the document that is known in these circles as the "Taxpayers Budget" released by the Reform Party a couple of years ago, it reminded me of the day I brought home a shiny brochure of a nice new car. I put it down on the kitchen table and my wife went ballistic. I asked: "What is the matter, dear?" She said: "I know it is only a brochure on the table today, but it is going to be in the driveway tomorrow".
That is exactly what we will see with the taxpayers budget. It is on his desk today and it is going to be in their red book tomorrow, because it is a pathfinder. It is where the Liberals get their direction.
Where did we get the $600 billion debt? We all acknowledge the fact that we have a wonderful country. But we have a sacred trust to pass this wonderful country on to our children and their children and their children in at least as good a shape as we got it. How can we do that if we give them a legacy of $600 billion of debt, if 40 per cent of every dollar taken in by the federal government goes to pay interest on the debt, money that we have already spent? Our generation has enjoyed the benefit. If we do not make the tough decisions that the Liberals will make because they are forced to by the Reform Party, we will never get our House in order. If we had not kept the Liberals' feet to the fire there would not even be a sniff of a chance that we would be as far down the road as we are today.