Mr. Speaker, I would be happy to share the phone log of my office. Of course I have had a few calls about that. I had those calls when I was in the provincial legislature. Who likes paying taxes? We would all like to reduce taxes. However, until we are able to get the books of this country balanced, which is what this government has been doing since 1993, how can we possibly talk about taxes?
Let us take a look at what happened in Ontario. The Ontario government came in with a huge deficit and a huge debt and automatically reduced provincial income taxes by 30%. Those taxes have come down by about 22%, with more still to come. What is the outcome of that? If we decrease taxes before we get rid of our deficit and start paying down the debt, then we have to take it from somewhere.
People can say that health care has not been cut in that great province, but it is nonsense. If we talk to the people lying in beds and cots in emergency departments we will see exactly where the 30% tax cut has come from.
Let us do it with a balance. On the weekend, the Prime Minister said that one of the things we want to do, in addition to supporting health care, is to look at reducing taxes. I am confident we will do that.