Mr. Speaker, it is almost a joy to have the hon. member asking me what we will do with the surplus in future years.
No prime minister in the last 30 years has had to deal with the problem of a surplus. When we started the government was spending $120 billion on programs a year. That has been reduced to $104 billion or less.
With respect to the problem of deciding what to do with the surplus, we did manage our spending very tightly and I am happy that the people of Canada supported the program of reduction in expenditures.