Mr. Speaker, we have cut much less than what the member is saying here and we have restored the government's financial stability. That is why we have succeeded, with these programs, in creating the proper environment that has allowed, since this government came to power, unemployment to drop from 11.4% in January 1994 to 9% today and to put our country's finances on the best footing in the western world.
This is good for everyone, and especially the poor because they will have greater opportunities, since Canada is in better shape than before.