Mr. Speaker, just so the Prime Minister understands this, the Reform Party believes in balancing the budget before we reduce taxes. I should point out that when it comes to buying votes, the people at Bombardier and the people who are benefiting from the infrastructure program know that the Liberals are experts at it.
Canadians are really starting to wonder just how in touch the Prime Minister is with what is going on in the real world. This weekend he told the Toronto Star that from his privileged perspective everything looks just fine. There is a 9.7 per cent unemployment rate, record bankruptcies, record high levels of personal debt and record levels of taxation.
When will the Prime Minister come out of his bubble and come to the realization that his record is nothing to be proud of, nothing to run an election on but instead is something he should be ashamed of?