Mr. Speaker, I direct my hon. friend to page 28 of the red book where it says in bold type “We will allocate our budget surpluses so that over the course of our mandate one-half will be spent to improve our programs and one-half will go to tax cuts and reduction of the debt”. Over the course of our mandate. That is our promise and I say we are going to keep it.
In the House of Commons on February 20th, 1998. See this statement in context.