Mr. Speaker, I compliment the Reform Party at this time. Generally I find when Reformers make their points in debate, while sometimes wrongly thought out, they are always genuine, whereas the member for Sherbrooke has offered the scenario that because disposable income is going down, it is somehow the fault of this government.
He knows disposable income is tied to economic health and he knows that the government of which he was a part ran up an annual deficit of $44 billion and a debt of $600 billion plus. He knows full well that no government can turn that around overnight. This government has reduced the deficit and will reduce the deficit to zero. Will he acknowledge that the situation of which he complains is his former government's fault?