Mr. Speaker, there is an old saying in a book on statistics, which I think was written by Lord Ashley, that figures lie and liars figure. Some 14 million Canadian families are being offered some degree of tax relief. To try to assume that each Canadian family has $6,000 of debt on average may be correct, but it is really not a fact. Hopefully, as big corporations such as our banks and other groups improve and contribute more to our economy we will see that overall general debt being reduced.
In the House of Commons on March 10th, 1998. See this statement in context.