Madam Speaker, the NDP solution to everything in the world is simply to spend more. “The myth that the solution to every problem is increased spending has been comprehensively dispelled under the Conservatives. The level of public spending is no longer the best measure of the effectiveness of government action in the public interest”.
Would the member be surprised that the quote is from one of his gurus, the Hon. Prime Minister of Great Britain, Tony Blair, a Labour prime minister who has finally come around to realize that you do not solve all the problems in the world by throwing more money at them.
That is what the NDP would do. That is what I saw them do in five years. Talk about catastrophic, he should have been in the Ontario legislature under Bob Rae for five years. I could show some catastrophes there. That is their solution, spend more.
It does not work anymore; a new reality. You must run surpluses, pay your bills and build a better country. That is what we are doing.