My hon. colleague would like me to name them. I do not have enough time in this brief period to name the numerous, over 30, taxes that have been applied by this government since 1993.
This government also talks about being the defender of health care which I find quite incredible. There have been over $7 billion in cuts to health care and education through the CHST.
I would also like to point out to my hon. colleague the fact that the debt repayment plan he mentioned is a contingency fund that the finance minister has said would be used only if money is available. That is not a concrete plan for debt repayment. The debt has not been decreased as my hon. colleague may have alluded to.
I would also like to ask my colleague about the $15 billion surplus. That would seem to indicate to me that the premiums are in fact too high and could be reduced. I would like to ask him a question regarding a comment made by his own finance minister when he was in opposition and said that high EI premiums are a cancer to job creation. I want to ask the hon. member if he agrees with his own finance minister. Yes or no?