Mr. Speaker, the hon. member may have deluded himself in believing that the management of the economy between 1984 and 1993 was so great, but Canadians did not buy it. They did not buy it in 1993 when there were two Conservative members and they did not buy much more of it in 1997 when there were only 20 of them. They understand what was there. Employment down 100,000. Real disposable income down one and a half points. Real disposable income per capita down 6.6%. Canadians understand.
In the House of Commons on February 18th, 1998. See this statement in context.