Mr. Speaker, a Reform government would have balanced the budget three years ago.
The fact of the matter is that since this government came to power it has hiked taxes 36 times. Taxes are $6 billion higher than they were when the government came to power. Suffice it to say, this government is the world champion when it comes to taxes, higher taxes than any country in the G-7 thanks to this finance minister.
When is the finance minister going to figure it out? That money belongs to taxpayers, not to his greedy caucus and greedy cabinet.