Mr. Speaker, if only we could light a fire under this government.
Yesterday the prime minister tried to ignore the fact of the federal debt. Unfortunately Canadian families cannot ignore the debt. A third of their taxes go to pay the interest on it. In addition to the mortgages on their homes every Canadian family is carrying a second $77,000 mortgage which represents their portion of this government's debt.
Will the prime minister please tell Canadians when and how he plans to pay down this Martin mortgage.