Madam Speaker, when my hon. colleague first began his speech he quoted Catherine Swift, president of CFIB, and made a statement regarding her reaction to the budget.
I would like to quote from Catherine Swift as reported on February 25 in the Ottawa Citizen :
The biggest thing in there for small business was income tax reduction. Putting more money into people's hands is good for the economy. From a political standpoint it was a good budget. There was a little something for everyone and a huge amount of wiggle room which would allow the debt to be paid down faster.
Regarding his quotation of Catherine Swift and whether she had more time to digest the good budget the hon. minister brought down, how could he say that it was negative? The day after the budget she indicated that she was quite in favour of it.