Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to the hon. member for Cumberland—Colchester. It seems to me that the government has turned the corner with respect to what it has done over the past number of years in getting its fiscal house in order.
I would simply ask him to consider the evidence. Low interest rates and accelerating job opportunities. Housing starts and resales are up. Business investment is surging. Consumers are spending again and growth is taking off. Yes, while there have been sacrifices, we have now turned the corner and are on our way to an economic renewal which we have not seen since the 1950s and 1960s.
Will the hon. member agree that it was his government between 1984 and 1993 which caused the mess that our government has now had to clean up?