Madam Speaker, I found it rather amusing to look at the members who proposed the motion and to hear the reply we just heard from the Liberal member opposite. A pox on both parties.
On the one hand the Liberal government says the fault lies with the previous Conservative government. The Conservatives simply say it was the Liberals' fault because of what they are doing. One of those parties governed the country since Confederation. Therefore it seems to me they are both to blame.
If the hon. member would have had another five minutes to speak, I think he would have lost one arm. He was so busy patting himself on the back that there is no way he could have preserved his arm.
The claim is that taxes have been reduced and the government has been balanced in everything it has done. Why is it, then, that we have so many bankruptcies and so much dissatisfaction with what is happening?