Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to be back in the House, and I am not just talking about Stornoway.
In his election platform the Prime Minister promised Canadians a 50:50 split between increased spending on one hand and debt and tax reduction on the other. Yet in yesterday's speech from the throne his government listed at least 29 new spending measures, but not one single practical measure for either debt reduction or tax relief.
Was this simply an oversight? Did he just leave something out of the speech or does this signal a return to Liberal chequebook spending?