Mr. Speaker, I think the hon. member should go back to the research department. Let me be very clear.
The contingency reserve was used to lower the deficit. In fact, it was used to eliminate the deficit. The spending in the budget for students to which the Reform Party objects and the spending in the budget for children in poor families to which the Reform Party objects did not come out of the contingency reserve.
I will explain it many times but I would hope I could get through just once.