Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise in the House today to say a few words on the Bloc motion.
Before I start into my little speech, I want to commend my hon. colleague from Calgary Southeast on his comments on this motion. I would like to point out to this House that here is a young man who was led down the broad path of taxation and spending. He followed the advice of political pundits who said that this was the way their life would be regulated, that this is the direction that our youth would have to take.
He came to the pinnacle of truth, he looked down and saw the big debt hole and said, “Hold it, I am not jumping”. He looked back and saw Reform and he said, “There is my answer. Live within your means. Be comfortable. That is the way the government should be run”.
What did this young man do about it? He became active in politics. And here he is. Here is the man who is going to change the future for many young people down the road. Here is the man who is probably going to be on that other side some day and will say, “Look at what those people did. Look at the suffering they have created”. He will fix it like some of our other young colleagues who are sitting with me in this House. And I am proud to be a colleague of theirs.
I would now like to say a few things about the Bloc motion. I kind of feel sorry for the Quebec government, that it got rooked into this deal.
I do not agree that the deal should ever have been made but I know they have been suffering. If members want to hear what the Liberals said in opposition, here is what one of the members said and he is still in the House today: “We created a monster. Now we have an underground economy so big that no one can even account for it”. That is exactly what we heard.