Madam Speaker, I would like to put a question to the member for Calgary—Nose Hill which she may or may not want to answer. I do not mean to pry but I was wondering whether she has ever had a mortgage on a home, her own home.
I had the good fortune of owning a home in Canada. When I bought my first home in the late 1970s I had a mortgage of $50,000. Frankly, I thought I would have to declare personal bankruptcy within the first or second month. However, in another six months to a year I looked at my mortgage and it was suddenly fairly manageable. I had not become obsessed with the mortgage and life went on.
I do not want to treat the member's remarks about dealing with the debt facetiously. I am all for dealing with the debt, but I think there is a danger of becoming obsessed with it.
I wonder if the member would answer my question, although I would understand if she declined.