Mr. Speaker, when we hear the finance minister talk about debt reduction he sounds like a used car dealer. No money down, no payments this year. That is his commitment to debt reduction. It is not a genuine commitment, and we know better.
Canadians are wondering what the Minister of Finance did with the $3 billion reserve fund this year. The fact is he has already spent the $3 billion reserve. Why should Canadians trust that the Minister of Finance will use that $3 billion contingency in the future to pay down the debt when he has demonstrated that he will spend it every chance he gets?