No, it is not in a tax cut. If we really had a payday here and we can do both, terrific. However, I want to be on the record that I really think that some very important programs have been gutted, and I hate to say this because I have been part of a government that was a party to this. I feel badly for some of my colleagues who went down in Atlantic Canada because the cuts were too severe. They were victims, in my judgment, of extreme cuts.
In my own community, and I know the member will believe me when I say this, I have human capital, which is a very important thing to nurture, training and retraining. The member talks about the brain drain. One of the reasons we have a brain drain, even in the public service, is that we get all upset if we bonus some of our most respected senior public servants.
I think the Reform Party, which has been very effective as an opposition, has to take a more balanced approach and realize that we have to start creating an atmosphere of hope in our public service and hope for some of our more disadvantaged. I hope that he would modify his approach somewhat over the next few months.