Mr. Speaker, after all the hype and the headlines what real change has this budget brought about?
Canadians still pay the highest personal income taxes in the free world. We still have a $583 billion national debt, a second mortgage of $77,000 per Canadian family. Government spending has never been higher in Canadian history.
It did not have to be this way. After all, we had a surplus.
Why did the finance minister blow this money on more spending instead of real tax relief and real debt reduction?