Mr. Speaker, I will try to save him. If the finance minister is going to be the prime minister, he has to be known as the greatest. He is the greatest tax collector the country has ever seen. That goes without saying. His favourite slogan is never have so many been taxed so heavily for so long.
But yesterday the Alberta treasurer showed him that it could be done. Alberta can look forward to a balanced budget, and the lowest taxes in the country are going to become even lower while retiring more of the provincial debt.
I ask the finance minister again if he will commit 100% of the budget surplus to tax relief and debt retirement.