Mr. Speaker, the budget cuts that came about for every department in the past is what has brought us to the point where we can now get rid of a $42 billion deficit. We are now talking about what we gave to women in this budget. We had a choice, we made a priority. We gave money to women so they can live every day of their lives with the reality of extra money and extra help. This budget did that. In future budgets we will look at other things, but this budget addressed the reality of women's lives.
In the House of Commons on March 9th, 1998. See this statement in context.